Fig. 6
From: On springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola): a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus
Schematic image of the functioning of cuticular structures such as tergites, sternites, basal plates, and sclerites during jumping behavior in Orchesella cincta. A Furca extended. B Furca flexed. C Tergites of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments (furca extended). D Tergites of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments (furca flexed). E Transversal view of basal plate 1 (Furca extended). F Transversal view of basal plate 1 (furca flexed). BP1: basal plate 1, BP2: basal plate 2; Rt: retinaculum; BR: basal rods