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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Diptera, a longitudinal row of bristles on the mesonotum, laterad of the acrostichal bristles; absent in many groups.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
dorsocentral bristles
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inner dorsocentral bristles — see acrostichal bristles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dorsal bristles — see dorsocentral bristles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
intra-alar bristles — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a row of two or three bristles between the supra alar and dorsocentral bristle groups … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dorsocentrals — see dorsocentral bristles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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
