Study of Insects / Insect's body structure (external morphology): Tagmata, Sclerites

External Morphology – Tagmata

Three body regions, or tagmata (singular: tagma): the head, thorax, and abdomen.

The head is specialized for feeding and sensory functions,

the thorax for locomotion, and

the abdomen for feeding, reproduction, and other physiological functions.

https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/unbcbiol322/chapter/insect-anatomy-the-basics/

* Sclerites

SCLERITE - An area of the integument or a segment of an appendage which is hard or plate-like and is usually bounded by sutures which may be flexible infoldings of the cuticula.

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/biotact/terminol.htm#:~:text=SCLERITE%20%2D%20An%20area%20of%20the,flexible%20infoldings%20of%20the%20cuticula.

https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/unbcbiol322/chapter/insect-anatomy-the-basics/