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Fig. 3. The prosternal organ in Hermetia illucens. (A) Scanning electron micrograph of the ventral cervical region of an H. illucens female. The white box indicates the region that is magnified in B. Scale bar, 5 mm. (B) The cervical sclerites (CvS) are lateral to contact sclerites (CS) that are little more than folds of cervical membrane anterior to the prosternal organ (PO), which is an anterior extension of the presternum (Pr). Scale bar, 50 µm. (C) Higher magnification light micrograph reveals that the surface of the CS is covered with oriented microtrichia. Scale bar, 1 µm. (D) The PO is composed of two hair plates with differently oriented sockets separated by a strip of glabrous cuticle. Scale bar, 50 µm. (E,F) Scanning electron micrographs reveal variation in asymmetry of the socket orientation with region on the PO, as indicated by the square in the insets. Scale bars, 3 µm.





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