- are
externally visible sternites.
Usually the
first sternite is
covered up, so that
ventrite numbers do not
correspond to
sternite numbers. The term is...
- abdomen, or opisthosoma, is the
posterior tagma. The
abdominal tergites and
sternites are
separated by
large areas of
intersegmental membranes,
giving it a...
- 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...
-
elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12:
abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
-
divide the
first and
second abdominal/ventral
plates which are
known as
sternites. Also, the
notopleural suture (found
under the
pronotal shield) is not...
-
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...
- segments, each
protected by
sclerotized plates (called
tergites above and
sternites below). The
abdomen is
short and
rounded at the rear,
rather than extending...
-
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...
-
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...
- The eyes are
hairy with a
granular appearance. The
first two
abdominal sternites are fused, and in only some
groups is a
suture even visible.
Sizes are...
