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Overview fore leg prosternum sternites metasternum abdomen metasternum head tergites I-II tergites tergite VIII wings fore wing distal head antennae head tergites pronotum tergite VIII meso- and metanotum fore wing fore leg sternites area of interest
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(antecosta-campaniform sensilla) -> (cilia-craspedum) -> (cross vein-furca) ->(gena-maxillary stylets) ->
(maxillary palps-ocellar setae) -> (ocellar triangle-posteroangular) -> (posteromarginal-setae) ->
(spine-wing retaining setae)

Overview craspedum coxa costal cilia costa costa compound eyes comb clypeofrons clavus cilia

CILIA: Fringes or slender hair-like processes around the margins of the wings (Terebrantia: with 8-shaped socket cells, Tubulifera: without socket cells, fringes arise between the membrane layers of the wings.
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CLAVUS: Lobed area at the posterior base of the forewing.
CLYPEOFRONS: An unpaired ventrocranial head sclerite. The Clypeus consists of two parts: membraneous anteclypeus and the clypeus, which is fused with the frons, which is delimited by clypeus, inner margin of the compound eyes and cranial region of the vertex.
COMB: A row of closely spaced and slender microtrichia on the posterior margin of tergite VIII.
COMPOUND EYES: The compound eyes consist of an aggregation of a variable number of ommatidia.
COSTA: A thickened anterior longitudinal margin of the forewing.
COSTAL VEIN: Most anterior longitudinal vein of the forewing.
COSTAL CILIA: Cilia along the anterior margin of the forewing.
COXA: Basal segment of an insect leg.
CRASPEDUM: Thin sclerotized lobes on the posterior margin of abdominal tergites.
Gordh, G & Headrick, D (2001): A dictionary of Entomology. CABI Publishing, Oxon & New York, 1032 pp.
Gullan, PJ & Cranston, PS (1994): The Insects: An Outline of Entomology . Chapman and Hall, London. 491 pp.