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More Information about: leg setae
Term leg setae
Explanation These are setae placed on the surface of a leg. Often setae placed on femora or tibiae have diagnostic value, but there can also be setae on other parts of the legs. The leg is divided into eight imaginary planes: dorsal, posterodorsal, posterior, posteroventral, ventral, anteroventral, anterior, and anterodorsal. The leg flexes in the dorsal-ventral plane and if the leg is rotated on the coxa this is the important fact and not the position of the leg relative to the whole fly. Twin rows of small dorsal setae running the length of the femur and tibia act as a guide in some flies. Presence, absence, number and relative size of leg setae may be very significant taxonomic characters in many Diptera.
Category Morphology: leg
Submitted by Robert Nash
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