postscutellum

== English == === Etymology === From post- +‎ scutellum. === Noun === postscutellum (plural postscutella) (zoology) The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum. Synonyms: mesonotum, postnotum ==== Related terms ==== postscutellar === References === “postscutellum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.