ptilino-tentorial muscle

ID: FBbt_00058813

Adult Muscle

Temporary muscle that is inserted on the ptilinum at each side dorso-laterally as a narrow band, immediately in front of the line of demarcation between the vertex and the ptilinum. As with other temporary eclosion muscles, it degenerates 20h after adult emergence. (Atkins, 1949)

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