trochanter, trochantin, trochantine

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Glossary)

No Taxon (T)

No Taxon trochanter, trochantin, trochantine

Explanation of Names

From Greek trochanter, runner (1).

Identification

trochanter noun - the second, and typically smallest, joint of the insect leg. Moving outward from the body it comes after the coxa and before the femur. See the diagram of insect and spider legs above.

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trochantin - the proximal of the two segments into which the trochanter of the leg of an insect may be divided and which is often united with the coxa (Merriam-Webster)

trochantine noun - A posterior subdivision or projection of the coxa. (Packard.) (Jardine, identical to trochantin?)

See Also

leg

coxa

trochanter

femur

tibia

tarsus

Print References

Gordh, A Dictionary of Entomology, p. 945 (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 - 8:45pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 18 July, 2024 - 10:27pm

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