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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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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...
- Each
segment of the
abdomen has
sclerotized upper and
lower plates (the
tergum and sternum),
connected to
adjacent sclerotized parts by membranes. Each...
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animal to grow. The s****
around each
somite can be
divided into a
dorsal tergum,
ventral sternum and a
lateral pleuron.
Various parts of the exoskeleton...
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composing three different segmented sclerites: the
tergum, pleura, and the sternum. The
tergum in
almost all
species is membranous, or
usually soft...
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sclerotisation and the
hardened proteins are
called sclerotin. The
dorsal tergum,
ventral sternum, and the
lateral pleura form the
hardened plates or sclerites...
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wasps with a
transverse ridge at the
bending summit of the
first metasomal tergum and with a low and
opaque propodeal lamella completely fused to the submarginal...
- Paederinae, Euaesthetinae, and Osoriinae, and
partially in Steninae, the
tergum and
sternum on the
visible abdominal segments have fused,
making each segment...
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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...
- a
distinctive body shape, the so-called wasp waist. The
first abdominal tergum (the propodeum) is
conjoined with the thorax,
while the
second abdominal...
