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Fig. 4

From: Morphology and material composition of raptorial foreleg cuticles in praying mantises Gongylus gongylodes and Sphodromantis lineola

Fig. 4

Light microscopic images of the forelegs. A–B. Gongylus gongylodes, specimen 15, male, left foreleg. (A) Medial view. (B) Lateral view. C–D. G. gongylodes, specimen 14, female, left foreleg. (C) Medial view. (D) Lateral view. Abbreviations: avfs, anteroventral femoral spines; avts, anteroventral tibial spines; cx, coxa; cxl, coxal lobes; ds, discoidal spines; epl, euplantulae; fb, femoral brush; fe, femur; gl, genicular lobes; gs, genicular spurs; pb, proximal bend in the tibia; pvfs, posteroventral femoral spines; pvts, posteroventral tibial spines; ta, tarsus; ti, tibia; tr, trochanter; tsg, tibial spur groove. Scale bars: 6 mm.

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