FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term vulva ID (Ontology) FBbt:00052087 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition External opening of the vagina located medially between the posterior apices of the hypogynial valves (McQueen et al., 2022). It is dorso-laterally surrounded by the oviprovector dorsal membrane and ventrally by the oviprovector ventral membrane (McQueen et al., 2022). It is the copulatory orifice and site of exit for eggs (McQueen et al., 2022).[ FlyBase:FBrf0253444 ]
Also Known As "female genital opening" ; "female secondary gonopore"
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