- are
externally visible sternites.
Usually the
first sternite is
covered up, so that
ventrite numbers do not
correspond to
sternite numbers. The term is...
-
elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12:
abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
- 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...
-
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...
- a
series of
upper plates known as
tergites and
lower plates known as
sternites, the
whole being held
together by a
tough yet
stretchable membrane. In...
- segments, each
protected by
sclerotized plates (called
tergites above and
sternites below). The
abdomen is
short and
rounded at the rear,
rather than extending...
-
Other key
features include red eyes and a
bristled abdomen.
Abdominal sternites II and III are free and
cover the
margins of tergites. The posthumeral...
-
divide the
first and
second abdominal/ventral
plates which are
known as
sternites. Also, the
notopleural suture (found
under the
pronotal shield) is not...
- and
third abdominal segments).
Tergosternal fusion, when the
tergite and
sternite of a
segment fuse together, can
occur partly or
fully on the second, third...
-
appearance of
having two
pairs of legs per segment. It is also
common for the
sternites,
pleurites and
tergites to fuse into
rigid armour rings. The
males produce...
