Corium (entomology)

The corium is the thickened, leathery, basal portion of an insect forewing or hemelytron in the order hemiptera. Specifically the inner cell of the basal portion is the corium.

Wing of a species of Miridae, showing corium

References
  1. "Hemelytra". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13.
  2. "Corium | Define Corium at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.


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