Definition of Tergum. Meaning of Tergum. Synonyms of Tergum

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Definition of Tergum

Tergum
Tergum Ter"gum, n.; pl. Terga. [L., the back.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The back of an animal. (b) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal. (c) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Meaning of Tergum from wikipedia

- A tergum (Latin for "the back"; pl.: terga, ****ociated adjective tergal) is the dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The...
- sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. While the tergum is positioned on the top (dorsal), and the sternum on the...
- darker; mesotarsus with 5 segments; a seventh tergum without tubercles in the male; and the eighth tergum of the male being emarginated in the posterior...
- Each segment of the abdomen has sclerotized upper and lower plates (the tergum and sternum), connected to adjacent sclerotized parts by membranes. Each...
- composing three different segmented sclerites: the tergum, pleura, and the sternum. The tergum in almost all species is membranous, or usually soft...
- maculate pattern. Its 1st tergum is bluish black; 2nd tergum is black except for large yellow basolateral macula; 3rd tergum is black except for large...
- tegula. Abdomen First tergum black, second tergum dull, orange on lateral 2/3, black on medial 1/3. Third tergum similar to second tergum in the male but the...
- sclerotisation and the hardened proteins are called sclerotin. The dorsal tergum, ventral sternum, and the lateral pleura form the hardened plates or sclerites...
- an acarinarium at the base of the second metasomal tergum and hidden under the first metasomal tergum. This acarinarium serves as shelter for symbiotic...
- the male with either a narrow or broad apical orange band, tergum six in the female and tergum seven in the male largely orange ..........................