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What is a mesothorax?

What is a mesothorax? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect
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The next segment is the mesothorax, which is immovably fused to the next thoracic segment.
In Coleoptera it consists of a tense elastic membrane, which is quite covered by the mesothorax.
Tufted is a classical Drosophila mutant characterized by a large number of ectopic mechanosensory bristles on the dorsal mesothorax.
Thysanoptera adults have paired spiracles on the pleura of the mesothorax and metathorax and on the first and eighth abdominal tergites.
It consists primarily of an upper and lower part, which in the table are denominated the mesothorax and the medipectus.
These are the mesothorax and the first eight abdominal segments.

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