FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term posterior spiracular gland ID (Ontology) FBbt:00000435 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Spiracular gland of the posterior spiracle. It is a single, elongated and club-shaped cell with a polytene nucleus. It has an efferent duct leading to a very small opening in the spiracular plate near the outer edge of the spiracular opening. There are three of these glands per spiracle.[ FlyBase:FBrf0064787 FlyBase:FBrf0078722 ]
Comment The third duct (and spiracular opening) is absent in first instar larva (Whitten, 1980).
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