Fig. 6. Anatomy of the muscles moving the coxo-trochanteral joint of a hind leg of
Aphrodes. (A) Ventral view with the left hind leg shown fully
levated, and the right hind leg partly depressed. The trochanteral depressor
muscle of each hind leg is medial and the different parts of the levator
muscle are more lateral. (B) Side view of the right metathorax exposed to show
the laterally placed trochanteral levator muscles of the right hind leg in a
depressed position. Scale bar, 500 µm.