Definition of Tergite. Meaning of Tergite. Synonyms of Tergite

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Definition of Tergite

Tergite
Tergite Ter"gite, n. (Zo["o]l.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

Meaning of Tergite from wikipedia

- abdominal tergites are rubbed together to produce sound. This process is known as abdominal telescoping. Abdominal tergum (divided into several tergites) of...
- features eight tergites: The first trunk segment corresponds to a short first tergite, then seven large tergites follow. The first large tergite covers the...
- mismatch between body segments and dorsal plates (tergites) is the cause for this centipede's rigid body. Tergites 10 and 11 are not fully developed and segment...
- other slightly to the sides of the middle (sub-lateral) of the second tergite (a segment of the exoskeleton on the back) of the metasoma, and usually...
- propodeum metapleuron mesocoxa metacoxa petiole first gastral tergite or second metasomal tergite Many species in this group have males (or both males and...
- the base of the second metasomal tergite is concave, and covered by the posterior lip of the first metasomal tergite, and mites are carried in the concavity...
- Armadillidiidae have overlapping plates called tergites that are connected by flexible joints. The tergites allow the body to roll up inwards. To roll up...
- segment of this organism has a separate tergite, these alternating in length apart from a pair of long tergites on each of segments 7 and 8. It also has...
- invertebrates. Megarachne also possessed a large and circular second opisthosomal tergite (the second dorsal segment of the abdomen), the function of which remains...
- of each tergite overlapped the following by about a fifth of its length. The tergites 1–5 all had about the same width, the following tergites becoming...