Distitibia

Quick meaning: Distitibia is a noun meaning (zoology) The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is furthest from the body.

Meaning

(zoology) The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is furthest from the body.

Example Sentences

Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudoarticles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15 distal trichobothria; frontal and caudal series with 6 trichobothria each.

Well-developed median and lateral eyes; small and rounded meta[-] and mesosternum; large basal spine pedipalp distitarsus (2/3 the distal length); basitibia of leg IV divided in two pseudo articles; trichobothria of basitibia IV (bt) on the proximal third of the article; distitibia IV with 16 trichobothriae, equidistant basal trichobothria (bf, bc and sbf); […]

Word Forms

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