- are
externally visible sternites.
Usually the
first sternite is
covered up, so that
ventrite numbers do not
correspond to
sternite numbers. The term is...
- veins.
Sternite 9 of the male
genitalia has, with few exceptions, two
pairs of appendages.
Sometimes appendages are also
present on
sternite 8. The female...
-
fourth sternite (one of the rear
segments of the abdomen),
while the
jaechi and
zetteli groups also have
these on the
sides of the
fifth sternite. Males...
- used to
inseminate the female. In dragonflies, it is a set of
modified sternites on the
second abdominal segment. In
advanced groups of insects, the male...
-
divide the
first and
second abdominal/ventral
plates which are
known as
sternites. Also, the
notopleural suture (found
under the
pronotal shield) is not...
-
elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12:
abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
-
called dorsal tergites and
ventral sternites. Wax is
secreted from
glands on the
abdomen and
extruded between the
sternites where it
resembles flakes of dandruff...
-
Outwards from the
sternites, two oval to
trapezoidal plates are
preserved (one pair per segment),
being similar to the
sternites in
having a
rough texture...
- edge of the abdomen,
containing the
connection between the
tergite and
sternite. May be
visible from
above in
species such as many of the Reduviidae. copromycetophagy...
- abdomen, or opisthosoma, is the
posterior tagma. The
abdominal tergites and
sternites are
separated by
large areas of
intersegmental membranes,
giving it a...
