Early derivative Gamasina have one or more glands
gv2 in the inguinal region between coxae IV and the genital shieldgenital shield:
a shield or shields covering the genital opening; in female mongynaspine Mesostigmata this shield is usually called the epigynal (epigynial) shield.
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Although sometimes in the soft cuticle, more commonly they are present on a porepore:
a pore-like opening or structure in the cuticle. In Mesostigmata, lyrifissures and true pore openings are often difficult to separate and both tend to be called 'pores', e.g., the sternal pores stp1-3.
plate (which may be fused to the endopodal or parapodal elements.
Author: David E. Walter
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