- 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...
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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...
-
sclerotisation and the
hardened proteins are
called sclerotin. The
dorsal tergum,
ventral sternum, and the
lateral pleura form the
hardened plates or sclerites...
- the male with
either a
narrow or
broad apical orange band,
tergum six in the
female and
tergum seven in the male
largely orange ..........................
- long, 15 mm wide,
mostly dark yellow-brown
color with
yellow stripes. The
tergum is
generally black or brown,
covered with
dense hairs. Both rows of eyes...
- Paederinae, Euaesthetinae, and Osoriinae, and
partially in Steninae, the
tergum and
sternum on the
visible abdominal segments have fused,
making each segment...
- from the food
plants and
extrude the
excess water through pores in the
tergum at a
modest cost in energy. Such a
rapid loss of
water can be sustained...
