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n. [Gr. pyge, rump; phoreus, bearer](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)1. The pygofer.2. In male Heteroptera, the 9th abdominal segment.3. In male Homoptera, the posterolateral extension of the 9th abdominal segment.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.