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plural mesonota
(zoology) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects. quotations
Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]
2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264