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PERIPLANETA 



3. Ventral or sternal aspect of abdomen of a male specimen. Sterna of ist to gth abdominal 

 somites; right and left styles attached to the gth sternum; bifid sternum of the loth somite, called 

 "podical plates"; tergum of loth abdominal somite; genital aperture between the sterna of the gth 

 and loth somites; anus between the sternum (podical pi.) and tergum of the loth somite. 



