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Fig. 17 | Frontiers in Zoology

Fig. 17

From: On springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola): a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus

Fig. 17

Schematic view of the functioning of the jumping apparatus in Orchesella cincta. A Internal side view (flexed furca); the dashed line forming a circle shows the retinaculum attached to the dens lock. B Internal side view (extended furca). The arrows show the direction of the muscle fibers. Dvm dorsoventral muscles; llm lateral longitudinal muscles; isllm intersegmental laterolongitudinal muscles; isdlm intersegmental dorsolongitudinal muscles; dlm dorsal longitudinal muscles

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