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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Glossary » C » coxa, coxae

coxa, coxae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Insect Leg Legs of hymenoptera Anatomy of a Spider Spider Anatomy for glossary
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (C)
No Taxon coxa, coxae
Explanation of Names
From Latin, coxa, hip (1).
Identification
coxa noun, plural coxae, adjective coxal - The hip or first joint of the leg, connecting the rest of the joints of the leg to the body at the thorax (term first used by Linnaeus). The joint attached to it at the other end is the trochanter.
See the diagram of insect and spider legs above.
The coxae of the front, middle, and rear legs are called the procoxa, mesocoxa, and metacoxa, respectively.
See Also
leg
coxa
trochanter
femur
tibia
tarsus
Print References
Gordh, A Dictionary of Entomology, p. 239 (1)
Internet References
Jardine's Dictionary of Entomology
Wikipedia: Arthropod leg
Works Cited
1.A Dictionary of Entomology
George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 May, 2007 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 27 December, 2009 - 11:31pm

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