Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

S

Variants:

Pl. sterna; Adj. sternal; Adv. sternad, sternally

Definition:

The ventral sclerotisation of a body segment, primary sternum; the definitive sternum, which in the thorax includes the primary sternum, the infracoxal sclerotisation of the primitive subcoxal plate and sometimes the intersegmental spinasternum.

Synonyms:

For abdominal sterna: sternal plate, sternite, venter, ventral plate.