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From: When SEM becomes a deceptive tool of analysis: the unexpected discovery of epidermal glands with stalked ducts on the ultimate legs of geophilomorph centipedes

Fig. 3

SEM analysis of the ultimate legs of female Haplophilus subterraneus. a Posterior trunk from ventral. Note the shape and insertion of ultimate legs in comparison to locomotory legs. b Stalked ducts of epidermal glands scattered on the tibia. Note also the trichoid sensillum in the lower center (st; with characteristic socket). c Ventromedial side of female ultimate leg. Abbreviations: ap anal pore, cx coxa, cxp coxal pores, fe femur, gp gonopods, ll locomotory leg, pfe prefemur, st sensillum trichodeum, ste sternite, ta1 tarsus 1, ta2 tarsus 2, ti tibia, ul ultimate leg

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Frontiers in Zoology

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