Table 1 Description of the foreleg regions. Abbreviations: avts, anteroventral tibial spines; pvts, posteroventral tibial spines.
Segment | Side | Sphodromantis lineola | Region type | Gongylus gongylodes | Region type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Femur | Lateral | Complete cuticle | 1 | Complete cuticle | 1 |
Femur | Medial | Along the dorsal cuticle | 2 | Along the dorsal cuticle | 3 |
Femur | Medial | Medial cuticle | 3/4 | Medial cuticle | 4 |
Femur | Medial | Ventral cuticle bearing the spines | 5 | Ventral cuticle bearing the spines | 5 |
Tibia | Â | Cuticle between avts and pvts spines | 1 | Cuticle between avts and pvts spines | 1 |
Tibia | Medial | Complete cuticle | 2 | Complete cuticle | 2 |
Tibia | Lateral | Complete cuticle | 3 | Complete cuticle | 3 |
