Chaetotaxy is the arrangement of bristles (macrochaetae) on an insect or mite, or taxonomy based on their position and size. For example, it is important in Diptera, in which group it was formalised by Ernst August Girschner. The term chaetotaxy was later proposed by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken. The chaetotaxy of a fly might include :- acrostichal, d...
• (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
(from the article `dipteran`) ...evolved families, are bristly; and the strongest bristles have a precise location, particularly on the thorax. The arrangement of bristles and the ...
The arrangement of the bristles or chaetae on an insect: especially important in the classification of the Diptera, Collembla and several other groups.
The arrangement and nomenclature of the bristles on the insect exo-skeleton, both adults and larvae. Especially important in the order Diptera.
the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an insect.