tegillum

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tegillum (noun; plural -a; Latin teges, mat): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Scarabaeoidea larvae, a paired patch of hooked or straight setae on each side of the venter of the tenth abdominal segment beside paired palidia; part of the raster.