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Definition of Sternites
1. sternite [n] - See also: sternite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternites
Literary usage of Sternites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"+ Segment surrounding the anal operculum much longer than wide. Three adjoining
abdominal sternites strongly recurved T. johnsoni. ..."
2. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1892)
"2), the last but one with the cerci, and 8 sternites. Consequently verv essen-
tial differences exist in the structure of the abdomen in the two sexes: ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"Ventrally there are apparently six sternites. The first occupies about a third
of the ... Remaining sternites short and not extending across the abdomen, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"Post abdominal segments without pleural membranes, their sternites and tergites
completely fused in each segment. First sternite represented by the genital ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"This investigator reached the surprising conclusion that the hypopharynx represents
the fused sternites of the mouth part segments. ..."
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