femora
plural offemurspecialized
Examplesoffemora
femora
Those males with the longest forefemorawere collected from five plant taxa, most of them indigenous (fig. 2b).
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The relative lengths of thefemora, tibiae, and tarsi of the hind leg are as follows :-46 : 55 :17.
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A species very easily recognised by means of the stripedfemora.
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The mid and hindfemorahave 7 dorsal notches, the first, second, fourth, and seventh (apical) notches bearing each a pair of bristles.
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Type 1 is the commoner subtype and is distinguished by the presence of curvedfemoraand flattened vertebral bodies (platyspondyly).
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Palpi a bit less than one-third as long as proboscis, the latter as long as forefemora.
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In osteomalacia, pain, particularly around thefemoraand ribs, often predominates over weakness.
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Thefemoraare rather stout, with an irregular row of short hairs on the upper surface.
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Mid and hindfemorawith two white patches on the basal half, not blue in any position.
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A very distinct species, easily recognised by the sub-metallic violet colour of the abdomen,femoraand tibiae, and the shining whitish area on the front of the thorax.
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Distinguished by the uneven granulation of the pronotum, the bare shiny frontal patch in the female, and especially the remarkable basal tooth on the hindfemoraof the male.
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Coxae, trochanters andfemorawith testaceous suffusion and the black pigmentation of tibiae and tarsi more extensive than in the first stage.
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Legs light brown except coxae brown,femora, in particular hind femur, lighter brown and tibiae slightly darkened.
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Adult males raised from larvae fed on artificial diet had significantly longer forefemoraand fore tibiae than those reared from larvae fed on cotton or lucerne (table 5).
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Its cephalothorax andfemoraof legs and palpi were greenish-bluish brown; patellae and the rest of its joints were orange brown.
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