cerci
- plural of cercus.
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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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Infra-cereal plates: in Orthoptera - generally inconspicuous paired plates which underlie in part the cerci and in part the lateral portion of the supra-anal plate.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Prominent, unjointed cerci, male with genital armature on second abdominal segment.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The cerci in Japyx are not, as usual, jointed feelers, but strong, curved appendages forming a forceps as in earwigs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Anal fork: applied to the cerci of Coleopterous larvae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
