# Notopleuron

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thumb|Diptera thorax: Notopleuron

The '''notopleuron''' (plural '''notopleura''') is a region on an [insect thorax](/source/Thorax_(arthropod_anatomy)). Notopleura are useful in characterizing species, particularly, though not uniquely, in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Diptera](/source/Diptera) (the "true flies").  The notopleuron is a thoracic [pleurite](/source/pleurite) (a [sclerite](/source/sclerite) on the [pleuron](/source/Pleuron_(insect))) situated at the end of the transverse [suture](/source/suture_(anatomical)) of [Diptera](/source/Diptera).

Apart from in the [Diptera](/source/Fly), visible notopleural structures occur in the beetle suborder [Adephaga](/source/Adephaga) and in certain [Hemiptera](/source/Hemiptera), but this list is not exhaustive. 

== References ==
* Zombori, L. & Henrik Steinmann (1999) Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Walter de Gruyter. {{ISBN|3-11-014898-6}}

Category:Insect anatomy

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[it:Glossario entomologico#notopleuron](/source/it%3AGlossario_entomologico)

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