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Each thoracic segment (pronotum, mesonotum, metanotum) has
a pair of dorsal (tergal) plates
Each abdominal segment has 6 lobes visible inforsal view,
3 on each side (dorsal, dorso-lateral and lateral).
Each lobe has a tergal plate with detailed armature, but
for identification purposes, we will only need to refer to
the lobes.
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