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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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856Maggenti and Gardnertending from the coxal gland orifice, between coxae I andII, to the subcapitular gutter.sternal verrucae (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Opilioacariformes,paired wart-like structures in the sternal region.sternannum see basisternumsternapophysis n. [Gr. sternon, chest; apo-, separate; physein,to grow] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Acari, protuberance(single, paired or three) in the sternal region <strong>of</strong> leg I.sternaulus n.; pl. -li, -lices [Gr. sternon, chest; aulos, tube](ARTHRO: Insecta) In ichneumonid Hymenoptera, a horizontalgroove on the lower edge <strong>of</strong> the mesopleurum fromthe prepectal carina backwards, sometimes reaching thebase <strong>of</strong> the middle coxa; the dividing line between themesosternum and mesopleurum.sternellum n. [Gr. dim. sternon, chest] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Apart <strong>of</strong> the eusternum posterior to the sternacostal suture.sternellar a.sternite n. [Gr. sternon, chest] (ARTHRO) The main ventralsclerite <strong>of</strong> a somite.sternopleural bristles (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, bristleson the sternopleuron.sternopleurite n. [Gr. sternon, chest; pleuron, side] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The ventral sclerite <strong>of</strong> the thoracic pleuron thatarticulates with the coxa and becomes fused with the sternum;a sternopleuron.sternopleuron see sternopleuritesternum n.; pl. sterna [Gr. sternon, chest] 1. (ARTHRO) Theprimary ventral portions <strong>of</strong> the somites, or the compositeventral sclerite <strong>of</strong> a segment. 2. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) Thesclerotized plate <strong>of</strong> spiders between the coxae marking thefloor <strong>of</strong> the cephalothorax.sternum canal see sternal canalsterols n.pl. [Gr. stereos, solid] Alcohols <strong>of</strong> high molecularweight containing benzene-rings found in plants and animals.sterrasters n. [Gr. sterrhos, solid; aster, star] (PORIF: Desmospongiae)Large centered, globular spicules with rays

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