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Setae on the legs of krill and other small crustaceans help them to gather phytoplankton. It captures them and allows them to be eaten. It captures them and allows them to be eaten. Setae on the integument of insects are unicellular, meaning that each is formed from a single epidermal cell of a type called a trichogen, literally meaning ...
Preening brush: a dense cluster of setae near the ventral tip of the posterior metatarsi; called a preening comb when present as a transverse row of setae. [22] Procurved: Used to describe a structure which is curved in such a way that the outer edges are in front of the central part; [22] opposite recurved
Setapedites shares similarities with Offacolus like the elongated chelicerae and limb arrangement, however the number of segments is closer to that of Dibasterium.Unusually, it also shares some features with Habelia like the anal pouch and structure of the opisthosomal tergites. [1]
In most species of bees, the scopa is simply a dense mass of elongated, often branched, hairs (or setae) on the hind leg. When present on the hind legs, the modified hairs are, at a minimum, on the tibia, but some bees also have modified hairs on the femur and/or trochanter.
Scopulae, or scopula pads, are dense tufts of hair at the end of a spiders's legs.They are found mostly on hunting spiders, for example Salticidae and Sparassidae.Scopulae consist of microscopic hairs, known as setae, which are each covered in even smaller hairs called setules or "end feet", resulting in a large contact area.
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
They may be irregular or align in two or more rows. The number of rows, the number of setae in each row, the size and the thickness are significant. In many groups, the acrostical setae are replaced by setulae or hairs. prescutellar (psc) two acrostical bristles, more developed than the other acrosticals, inserted in front of the scutoscutellar ...
Trichobothria (singular trichobothrium) are elongate setae ("hairs") present in arachnids, various orders of insects, and myriapods that function in the detection of airborne vibrations and currents, and electrical charge. [1] In 1883, Friedrich Dahl observed that they were deflected by the sound waves from a violin and labelled them 'hearing ...