Definition of Terga. Meaning of Terga. Synonyms of Terga

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Definition of Terga

Terga
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 Terga 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....
- Terga is a muni****lity in north-western Algeria. Site officiel de la wilaya d'Aïn Témouchent Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine "Terga, Aïn Témouchent...
- colour characteristics: 1. Third to the sixth gastral terga in the female and to the seventh gastral terga in the male black, at most with a narrow apical orange...
- The five segments are merely body rings; they lack apparent sterna or terga, and become larger distally. These segments have keels, setae and bristles...
- field. The first two terga (abdominal segments) are yellow, on the females often with a black, central field on terga 1 to 2. Terga 3 and 4 are red, and...
- spots on terga 4 and 5, and smaller ones on terga 2 and 3. Males can be identified by the larger antenna, spots on their basal band on terga 4 and 5 as...
- tibiae are black on the base and have no white scales.[citation needed] The terga on segments II through VI of the abdomen are dark and have an almost triangular...
- intermixed). On the abdomen terga 1 and 2 are yellow, and terga 3 to 5 yellow on the anterior part, black on the posterior. The tail (terga 6 to 7) is brownish-red...
- collar, and in some cases the top of the head, is orange-yellow, while the terga (abdominal segments) 3–5 have yellow sides with a black centre; the rest...
- wings either developed from paranotal lobes, extensions of the thoracic terga; that they are modifications of movable abdominal gills as found on aquatic...