hypopygium

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hypopygium (noun; Greek hypo, under; pyge, rump): (Arthropoda: Insecta) The last ventral plate; sometimes including attached segments of the postabdomen; terminalia; genital segments (commonly used for Diptera)

See also: pygofer.