sternite

[ stur-nahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Entomology.

a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.

First recorded in 1865–70; stern- + -ite ¹

Urite, ū′rīt, n. the sternite of an abdominal segment of an insect.

A pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.

These elements are a central piece or sternite, and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudiment.

They do not long persist in the embryo, but disappear, and the area each one occupied becomes part of the sternite.

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