FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term fronto-orbital bristle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004125 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Small bristle of the anterior head, located on the postfrons immediately medial to the eye. There are around five of these on each side, arranged in a dorsoventral line (Eichler et al., 2024).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007734 FlyBase:FBrf0031004 FlyBase:FBrf0259346 ]
Also Known As "frontoobrbital bristle" ; "frontoorbital seta" ; "FrOr bristle"
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sclerite
 |__fronto-orbital plate__
adult head capsule        |
 |__fronto-orbital plate__|
chaeta                    |
 |__adult head bristle____|
mechanosensory chaeta     |
 |__microchaeta___________|
adult sensillum           |
 |__microchaeta___________|
adult head sensillum      |
 |__adult head bristle____|
                          fronto-orbital bristle  2 rec.
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Is a adult head bristle
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Develops from presumptive fronto-orbital bristle
Part of fronto-orbital plate
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https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/drosophila/melanogaster.html?fronto-orbital%20setae
VFB:FBbt_00004125