PLATE 3.23. DRONE FORELEG

MIDDLE. Photomontage of the entire left foreleg. Proximally to distally, after the coxa (first leg segment from the body) are the trochanter, femur, tibia, basitarsus (with antenna cleaner notch), three short tarsal segments, pretarsus, and claws. ( x 31)

TOP. Prothorax, ventral view. Two scaled coxae (medioanterior surfaces) abut on either side to a smooth-surfaced basisternum. Mechanoreceptor hair plates of the coxae engage the lateral basisternum (arrows). (x 168)

BOTTOM LEFT Lateral edge of the coxa extending diagonally through the center of the field. A mechanoreceptor hair plate on the lateroanterior surface engages the adjacent sternum. (x 93)