Definitions

Plumose seta

• A feather-like seta that has two dense rows of thin, long setules beginning at the base of the seta and continuing to the tip. [Wilson, 1989]
• seta, with distolateral processes, resembling a feather.
  (pl. setae) [Butler, T. H.]
• Shaft thin, ampulla sometimes prominent; setules long, dense, to sparse and alternating on shaft and sometimes in discernible groups, often with setulettes; pore absent; annulus inconspicuous or absent; denticles absent. [Ingle, 1992]

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