Definition of Sternite. Meaning of Sternite. Synonyms of Sternite

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Definition of Sternite

Sternite
Sternite Ster"nite, n. [From Sternum.] (Zo["o]l.) The sternum of an arthropod somite.

Meaning of Sternite from wikipedia

- are externally visible sternites. Usually the first sternite is covered up, so that ventrite numbers do not correspond to sternite numbers. The term is...
- veins. Sternite 9 of the male genitalia has, with few exceptions, two pairs of appendages. Sometimes appendages are also present on sternite 8. The female...
- appearance. Females in this tribe are unusual in having the last metasomal sternite elongated to form a sheath for the sting, which is remarkably long. Shanks...
- divide the first and second abdominal/ventral plates which are known as sternites. Also, the notopleural suture (found under the pronotal shield) is not...
- called dorsal tergites and ventral sternites. Wax is secreted from glands on the abdomen and extruded between the sternites where it resembles flakes of dandruff...
- used to inseminate the female. In dragonflies, it is a set of modified sternites on the second abdominal segment. In advanced groups of insects, the male...
- indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances. Subgenus Cnemoncosis...
- elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12: abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
- edge of the abdomen, containing the connection between the tergite and sternite. May be visible from above in species such as many of the Reduviidae. copromycetophagy...
- sensilia separated midways and with eight sensory pits Proximal arm of ninth sternite lobe-shaped Well-sclerotized and crisply outlined lateral lamina of the...