epandrium

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epandrium also epiandrium (noun; plural epandria, epiandria; Greek epi, upon; aner, male): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In male Diptera, the tergite of the 9th segment, maybe reduced or enlarged, sometimes bearing surstyli.