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Head
Antenna
Thorax
Wing
Leg *
Abdomen
Genitalia
Chaetotaxy

Terminology
- Leg -

Fig. 10: Leg
Fig. 10: Leg
Fig. 10: Leg

1 = coxa (pl. coxae)
2 = trochanter (united with femur)
3 = femur (pl. femora)
4 = tibia (pl. tibiae)
5 = metatarsus, 1. tarsomere (pl. tarsomeres), basitarsus
6 = 2. tarsomere
7 = 3. tarsomere
8 = 4. tarsomere
9 = 5. tarsomere, praetarsus
10 = empodium (pl. empodia)
11 = pulvillus (pl. pulvilli)
12 = claw/s

 

 

 

 

 

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