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sternite
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ster·nite  (stûrnt)
n.
The ventral shield or plate of each segment of the body of an insect or other arthropod.
[stern(um) + -ite.]
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Tergites (at) on segments I, II, VII and VIII lightly sclerotized; sternites (as) of segments II, III, IV, VII and VIII sclerotized; pleurites (ap) unsclerotized.
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