ventral prolegs

ventral prolegs
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Prolegs occurring ventrally on the abdominal segments of larvae, except the last segment that are called anal prolegs.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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