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cu·ne·al

 (kyo͞o′nē-əl)
adj.
Wedge-shaped.

[New Latin cuneālis, from Latin cuneus, wedge.]
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cuneal

(ˈkjuːnɪəl)
adj
wedge-shaped; cuneiform
[C16: from New Latin cuneālis, from cuneus wedge]
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cu•ne•al

(ˈkyu ni əl)

adj.
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
[1570–80; < Latin cune(us) a wedge + -al1]
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DESCRIPTION: Male: Overall length 2.90, length from tip of tylus to cuneal fracture 1.90, maximum width (across base of cuneus) 1.00.
Deeper and more posterior with respect to the vertical occipital fasciculus the dorsal terminations of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (dILF) were exposed at the level of the dorsolateral occipital cortex (DLOC) and just below the parieto-occipital sulcus (POS) in the cuneal region.
Hemelytron moderately deflected at cuneal fracture; cuneus narrow.
MEASUREMENTS: [male]/[female]: Total body length 2.1-2.2/ 2.3-2.6; length from apex of tylus to cuneal fracture 1.58-1.62/ 1.63-1.68; head width across eyes 0.58-0.60/0.55-0.58; vertex width 0.22-0.24/ 0.27-0.28; lengths of antennal segment I-IV 0.13-0.15, 0.72-0.75, 0.28-0.34, 0.31-0.33/ 0.14-0.16, 0.72-0.81, 0.28-0.36, 0.30-0.36; labial length 0.97-0.99/ 1.03-1.10; basal pronotal width 0.83-0.84/ 0.84-0.87; width across hemelytron 0.98-1.07/ 1.08-1.20; lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.81-0.84, 1.17-1.20, 0.25-0.28/0.80-0.84, 1.26-1.30, 0.26-0.30.