FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term spot sensillum of dorso-lateral group ID (Ontology) FBbt:00002681 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Pit sensillum located in the dorso-lateral group of the terminal organ, on the head of the embryo/larva, located next to the dorsolateral papilla. It resembles a small pit, and houses a single dendrite that has a tubular body, indicative of mechanosensation (Rist and Thum, 2017). The bipolar neuron that innervates this sensillum has its cell body in the terminal organ ganglion.[ FlyBase:FBrf0068700 FlyBase:FBrf0074007 FlyBase:FBrf0239027 ]
Also Known As "pit sensillum of dlp" ; "Sdo" ; "spot sensillum of dlp" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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larval maxillary segment sense organ
 |__dorso-lateral group terminal organ sensillum__
external sensillum                                |
 |__spot sensillum________________________________|
embryonic/larval head sensillum                   |
 |__dorso-lateral group terminal organ sensillum__|
                                                  spot sensillum of dorso-lateral group
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