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abdominal tergites are
rubbed together to
produce sound. This
process is
known as
abdominal telescoping.
Abdominal tergum (divided into
several tergites) of...
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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...
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Armadillidiidae have
overlapping plates called tergites that are
connected by
flexible joints. The
tergites allow the body to roll up inwards. To roll up...
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features eight tergites: The
first trunk segment corresponds to a
short first tergite, then
seven large tergites follow. The
first large tergite covers the...
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usually smaller and less
obvious spots on the first,
third and
subsequent tergites. The
metasoma of the male has a
tubercle in the
middle of the
seventh sternite...
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segmented abdomens (opisthosoma), with the
dorsal exoskeleton (
tergites)
across the
backs of the animals' abdomens,
which were characteristically...
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fused tergites and
sternites forming ring-shaped structures,
alongside two
pairs of
spines derived from the tergopleurae.
Under the 11th
tergite, a small...
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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...
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usually lives for five to six years.
Specimens usually have brownish-orange
tergites (the hard
plates on the tops of the segments) and
yellow . In a 2016 paper...
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narrow tail-like abdomen, with 3
prothoracic tergites, 5
opisthothoracic tergites and 7
abdominal tergites, it also
possesses a row of
spines running down...
