sterna
plural ofsternumspecialized
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sterna
Abdominalsternawith paired median plates and a parasternal plate, all with stiff setae of varying size.
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Extraction of the spermatheca from the terminal segments of the abdomen is best accomplished by peeling the terga away from thesternaof the terminal segments.
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Thoracicsternasmooth except for a narrow mat zone on the posterior two.
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The sternum (pl.sterna) is the ventral portion of a segment of an arthropod thorax or abdomen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Variation of this ground plan includes the fusion of terga or terga andsternato form continuous dorsal or ventral shields or a conical tube.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the monotrysian type there is an opening on the fused segments of thesterna9 and 10, which act as insemination and oviposition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The males would press their gastralsternaagainst a perch and rub their mandibular against it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In insects, thesternaare usually single, large sclerites, and external.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ridge is elongated and ends on anteriorsterna, which have a rounded tubercle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the "monotrysian" type there is an opening on the fused segments of thesterna9 and 10, which act as insemination and oviposition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Terga are separated from each other and from the adjacentsternaor pleura by a membrane.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesternaare brownish black.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its abdomen is shiny except sparsely pollinose on the 1st segment andsterna; dorsum black pilose; the venter is white pilose except black on the 5th sternum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They do not have keeledsterna.
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