haltere dorsal ventral muscle FBbt_00058939

haltere dorsal ventral muscle

ID: FBbt_00058939

Relatively large haltere muscle that extends dorsoventrally and attaches to the cuticle near the base of the haltere (Lawrence, 1982; Dickerson et al., 2019. It provides the power for haltere movement, analogous to dorsoventral muscles of the wing (Dickerson et al., 2019; Ehrhardt et al., 2023). (Lawrence, 1982, Dickerson et al., 2019, Miller, 1950)

Muscle 77 in Lawrence, 1982 (following Miller, 1950 nomenclature) is a relatively long muscle described as attaching near the base of the haltere - so probably corresponds to the haltere DVM (hDVM) in Dickerson et al., 2019 and Ehrhardt et al. (2023).