Partial excision of P{lacW}btl6-81. Deletion removes neither Ecol\lacZ nor w coding regions, but deletes genomic DNA 3' of the site of insertion towards, but not including, the start site of btl transcription.
Tracheal pits form, but tracheal cells undergo only limited migration.
Phenotype of homozygote less severe than phenotype of heterozygote with Df(3L)fz-GF3b or Df(3L)fz-GS1a. The btl alleles form a phenotypic series with respect to the tracheal phenotype. In decreasing order of severity, btlLG18 = btlLG19 > btlH82Δ3 > btlH82Δ11 > btl6-81Δ1.