Tergite Definition

Tergite Sentence Examples

• The tergite of the prothorax (pronotum) is prominent in all beetles, reaching back to the bases of the elytra and forming a substantial shield for the front part of the body.

• In those insects in which a median terminal appendage exists between the two cerci this is considered to be a prolongation of the eleventh tergite.

• Between the bases of the sixth pair cf limbs and behind the prosomatic carapace is seen the tergite of the small prae-genital somite.