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sternite
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sternite [′stər‚nīt]
(invertebrate zoology)
The ventral part of an arthropod somite.
The chitinous plate on the ventral surface of an abdominal segment of an insect.
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Tergites (at) on segments I, II, VII and VIII lightly sclerotized; sternites (as) of segments II, III, IV, VII and VIII sclerotized; pleurites (ap) unsclerotized.
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