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tergum (Latin for "the back"; pl.: terga, ****ociated
adjective tergal) is the
dorsal ('upper')
portion of an
arthropod segment other than the head. The...
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vibrate and have
their own tiny
straight muscles. The
paranotal lobe or
tergal (dorsal body wall) hypothesis,
proposed by
Fritz Müller in 1875 and reworked...
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candidates include gill-like structures, the
paranotal lobe, and the
crustacean tergal plate. The
latter is
based on
recent insect genetic research which indicates...
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pheromones derive from two
glandular sources: the
sternal and
tergal glands. When
termites go out to look for food, they
forage in
columns along...
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specialised quills on its back. Lyal, C. H. C.; King, T. (1996). "Elytro-
tergal stridulation in
weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". J. Nat....
- 047, PMID 16488870 Elias-Neto, Moysés; Belles,
Xavier (3
August 2016). "
Tergal and
pleural structures contribute to the
formation of
ectopic prothoracic...
- membranous. For a
detailed explanation of the terminology, see
Kinorhynchs have
tergal and
sternal plates too,
though seemingly not
homologous with
those of arthropods...
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diplosegement (fused "double segments", as in modern-day millipedes)
paranotal tergal lobes separated from the body axis by a suture, and by
sclerotized plates...
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extending behind the
posterior tergal margin starting with
segment 11 or 12. The
surface is
especially shiny. The
tergal setae are
relatively long, and...
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paired bright red
spots appear on
individual tergal segments, and a red bar runs
across the
sixth tergal segment, or the
segment closest to the tail fan...
