Most monogynaspids are functionally hexapodhexapod:
with three pairs of legs (i.e. 6 legs), as in the larvae of mites or the larviform stages of others.
because legs I are often used for antennae rather than as ambulatory organs. Thus, the pretarsustarsal apotele:
(also pretarsus) the most distal segments of legs and palps bearing the claws and empodium
with the claws and ambulacrum may be reduced or lost and sometimes highly developed setae are present.
Author: David E. Walter
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