- are
externally visible sternites.
Usually the
first sternite is
covered up, so that
ventrite numbers do not
correspond to
sternite numbers. The term is...
-
elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12:
abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....
- abdomen, or opisthosoma, is the
posterior tagma. The
abdominal tergites and
sternites are
separated by
large areas of
intersegmental membranes,
giving it a...
- 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...
-
divide the
first and
second abdominal/ventral
plates which are
known as
sternites. Also, the
notopleural suture (found
under the
pronotal shield) is not...
- segments, each
protected by
sclerotized plates (called
tergites above and
sternites below). The
abdomen is
short and
rounded at the rear,
rather than extending...
-
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...
- and antennae, head, and palps;
along with
possession of
small abdominal sternites protruding slightly between the
coxal plates. They can also be distinguished...
-
Outwards from the
sternites, two oval to
trapezoidal plates are
preserved (one pair per segment),
being similar to the
sternites in
having a
rough texture...
-
sensilia separated midways and with
eight sensory pits
Proximal arm of
ninth sternite lobe-shaped Well-sclerotized and
crisply outlined lateral lamina of the...
