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Checklist of the Collembola: Morphology of the setae: slide 11 of 14


Fig.11. Setal socket, a close-up. Janssens, F. © 1999.
Socket
The thin setal membrane allows the seta to be moved in all directions. The outer edge of the membrane is enforced by a thickened exocuticular ring.