The abdomen has a thin, brown dorsal line, either side of which is a row of small black spots, one on the posterior edge of each tergite.
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There is no one-to-one correspondence between the thoracic tergites and the limbs, but, rather, there appear to be two or three limbs per tergite.
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It can be distinguished from all other " Aellopos " species with an entirely black hindwing upperside by the lack of a transverse white band on abdominal tergite four.
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The tergites were short, about five times as wide as long, and the rear edge of each tergite to overshadow the following by about a fifth of its length.
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Females have yellow hairs on the hind part of tergite five, unlike " H . hybridus " females, in which these hairs are black due to certain biological adapments.
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This border is usually slightly thicker on the third tergite, where it is also more obvious as the front of tergite four is wholly black, thus enhancing the contrast of the feature.
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This border is usually slightly thicker on the third tergite, where it is also more obvious as the front of tergite four is wholly black, thus enhancing the contrast of the feature.
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Many giant pill millipede species have special ledges ('locking carinae') on the underside of the tergite tips and the anal shield which can be moved above a brim on the thoracic shield.
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The female has an elongated telescopic ovipositor, which in the resting position is retracted into the elongated tergite 7, often called the ovipositor . ( Female with oviscape, nonretractable basal segment of the ovipositor ).
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Tergites and sternites can be well distinguished from each other, but often there is a differential development, with the tergites overlapping the sternites; the extreme case is when the expansions of tergite ventrally merge, forming a tube structure or ring.
