Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

G

Definition:

The network of sclerotised ridges that bear the cratal setae of the ventral brush; with transverse grid bars at the base of individual setae; sometimes with lateral grid bars that may be confluent with the ventroposterior margin of the saddle. See boss.

Synonyms:

barred area, basal apparatus, chitinous bar, chitinous base, chitinous plate, oval cribriform plate, ridged area, semicircular basal pieces, ventral fan-plate