Definition of Tergites. Meaning of Tergites. Synonyms of Tergites

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Definition of Tergites

Tergite
Tergite Ter"gite, n. (Zo["o]l.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

Meaning of Tergites from wikipedia

- abdominal tergites are rubbed together to produce sound. This process is known as abdominal telescoping. Abdominal tergum (divided into several tergites) of...
- mismatch between body segments and dorsal plates (tergites) is the cause for this centipede's rigid body. Tergites 10 and 11 are not fully developed and segment...
- and had segmented abdomens (opisthosoma), with the dorsal exoskeleton (tergites) across the backs of the animals' abdomens, which were characteristically...
- the head. In arachnids, the carapace is formed by the fusion of prosomal tergites into a single plate which carries the eyes, ocularium, ozopores (a pair...
- pleon is flattened and strongly bent, in dorsal view completely hiding the tergites of the fourth pleonal segment , and partially or completely covers the...
- million years ago. The specimen preserves the carapace, the first two tergites, three partial appendages and what is possibly a coxa (the proximalmost...
- or other purposes. The dorsal surface of the body is clad in hardened tergites and the ventral surface by hardened sclerites; sometimes these form transverse...
- segment of this organism has a separate tergite, these alternating in length apart from a pair of long tergites on each of segments 7 and 8. It also has...
- is much longer than the metasoma, it shows a record 7 tergites and 7 sternites. The 7 tergites is the highest known being progressively reduced in number...
- narrow tail-like abdomen, with 3 prothoracic tergites, 5 opisthothoracic tergites and 7 abdominal tergites, it also possesses a row of spines running down...
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