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sternum, sterna, sternite

Diagram of an insect Cross Spider - Araneus diadematus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (S)
No Taxon sternum, sterna, sternite
Explanation of Names
From Latin sternum, the breast bone and/or Greek sternon chest.
Identification
sternum noun, plural sterna - the inferior or ventral surface of a ring-like body segment.
sternite - a ventral plate of the exoskeleton; ventral equivalents of the tergites. (From Greek sternon chest, plus ite, constituent.)
See Also
tergum, tergite (dorsal)
laterogite (dorsolateral)
sternum, sternite (ventral)

Ventral surface of thorax:
Print References
Gordh, A Dictionary of Entomology, p. 876 (1)
Works Cited
1.A Dictionary of Entomology
George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.