Fig. 8
From: On springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola): a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus
cLSM images showing the muscles which connect to BP1, the sclerites with which the furca articulates with the abdomen and the basal condyle in Orchesella cincta. A Vental view of the basal sclerites at 405 nm. B Ventral view of the basal sclerites at 555 nm (stained with phalloidin). C Ventral view of the basal sclerites at 405 nm. D-E Schematic images of the functioning of the abdominal basal sclerites in the extended (D) and flexed (E) furca states. BR: basal rods; BS2: basal sclerites 2; BS3: basal sclerites 3; BC: basal condyle