FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term ventral occipital bristle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00052804 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Bristle of the ventral posterior head, ventrolateral to the neck and medial to the ventral postorbital bristles (Eichler et al., 2024). There are approximately 15 of these on each side (Eichler et al., 2024).[ FlyBase:FBrf0259346 ]
Also Known As "vOcci bristle"
Comment Based on position and numbers, this group in Eichler et al. (2024) appears to include the postgenal bristles, postgenal trichoid sensilla and the proximal rostral trichoid sensilla from Haynie and Bryant (1986).
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adult head sensillum__|
                      adult head bristle
                       |__ventral occipital bristle  3 rec.
                           |__postgenal trichoid sensillum 3 rec.
                           |__proximal rostral sensillum 2 rec.
                           |__ventral postgenal bristle
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