acrostichal bristles

acrostichal bristles
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Diptera, setae occurring in a median longitudinal row on the acrostichal area of the scutum.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • Chaetotaxy — The chaetotaxy of the thorax of a muscoid fly Chaetotaxy is taxonomy based on the position and size of bristles on an insect or the arrangement itself. It is especially important in Diptera in which group it was formalised by Ernst August… …   Wikipedia

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