preapicals

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A form of preapical — Located before an apex.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of preapical

    Mid tibia with two rows of setae dorsally nearly 2× longer than width of tibia (each row consists of 3–4 setae including preapicals), two rows of ventral setae about as long as width of tibia.

    2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI
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