tergite

[ tur-jahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of tergite¹

First recorded in 1880–85; terg(um) + -ite ¹

A series of paired longitudinal dorsal muscles passing from tergite to tergite of each successive segment.

A pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.

The first shows the low rounded appendifers at the anterior angle of each axial tergite.

The epimeron is placed laterally to the first abdominal tergite.

Thorax much shorter than the head and than the first tergite.

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