metapygidium

metapygidium
n. [Gr. meta, after; pyge, rump]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. In Dermaptera, the posterior ventral segment of the supra-anal plate.
2. In Coleoptera, the penultimate tergite when the elytra are shorter than the abdomen.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • opisthomeres — n. pl. [Gr. opisthen, behind; meros, part] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Dermaptera, the transversely divided epiproct; the so called pygidium, metapygidium and telson …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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