abdominal dorsal muscle FBbt_00058979
abdominal dorsal muscle
ID: FBbt_00058979
Adult Muscle
Muscle consisting of between fifteen and twenty-five bilaterally located longitudinal fibers in abdominal segments 2 to 6 of males, or segments 2 to 8 of females (Miller, 1950. It is involved in moving the abdominal segment tergite. It is attached to the a2 compartment of the tergite anteriorly and the a1 compartment of the next segment posteriorly (Krzemien et al., 2012. (Miller, 1950, Bate, 1993, Krzemien et al., 2012, Hartenstein, 2006, Vigoreaux, 2006)
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Relationships
- attached to part of: adult abdominal tergite integumentary compartment a1, adult abdominal tergite integumentary compartment a2