FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term wing posterior axillary muscle III ID (Ontology) FBbt:00058911 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Direct flight muscle connected to the posterior of the third axillary sclerite that, together with muscle III1, serves to depress the anal portion of the wing (Miller, 1950). There are two of these muscles that form a dorsoventrally-oriented group, posterior to muscle III1 (Trimarchi and Schneiderman, 1994; Ehrhardt et al., 2023).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007735 FlyBase:FBrf0074636 FlyBase:FBrf0234750 ]
Also Known As "III2-4" ; "muscle of third axillary 55" ; "muscles 2-4 of pterale III"
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       |__wing posterior axillary muscle III  1 rec.
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  • "III2-4" EXACT[ FlyBase:FBrf0098527 ]
    "muscle of third axillary 55" EXACT
    "muscles 2-4 of pterale III" EXACT[ FlyBase:FBrf0098527 ]
    "posterior muscle of the third axillary sclerite" RELATED
    "third pterale III, III3" RELATED
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