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tergite

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tergite [′tər‚jīt]
(invertebrate zoology)
The dorsal plate covering a somite in arthropods and certain other articulate animals.


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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.
Fusion of protandrium and sixth tergite In all Afrotropical species of Pachycerina the protandrium (= combined abdominal segments 7 and 8) is fused to T6 mediodorsally (Figs 11, 13), and strongly curved such that the epandrium, surstylus and inner genitalia are nestled under T4-T6 (Fig.
Ventral lobe of tenth sternite as thin as the base of dorsal lobe; tenth tergite as long as tenth sternite is high (Fig.
 
 
 
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