large anterior vibrissal bristle FBbt_00052782

large anterior vibrissal bristle

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Large vibrissal bristle with a relatively anterior position within the vibrissae, directly below the antenna. There are usually 2-4 of these on each side. (Armstrong et al., 2006, Eichler et al., 2024)

Especially in other species, these are sometimes specifically referred to as vibrissae, though melanogaster papers tend to refer to the full line of gena bristles as vibrissae.