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seta 1-S

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 00:14

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Abbreviation:

1-S

Definition:

In anopheline larvae, the seta closely associated with and usually located posterior to the pecten below the posterolateral spiracular lobe; in other mosquito larvae, borne posterolaterally on the siphon; in species where more than one seta is borne in a similar position on the siphon, they are designated as seta 1a-S, seta 1b-S, etc. proceeding distad from the most proximal seta.

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See Harbach & Knight, 1980: Table 14; also siphonal seta, subventral hair, subventral seta.
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