FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term costal wing vein break ID (Ontology) FBbt:00053252 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Break in the costal wing vein, which follows the anterior wing margin (McAlpine, 1981). These may give the wing additional flexibility during flight (McAlpine, 1981).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0037040 FlyBase:FBrf0233988 ]
Comment McAlpine (1981) describes 3 possible breaks in insect wings, based on figures in Ferris (1950) and Fabian et al. (2016), only humeral and subcostal appear to exist in D. melanogaster.
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