The putative spinning organ in the Glomeridesmidae, external morphology, SEM. A–C: Glomeridesmus sp. (SUM06/08 02), female, mid-body leg. A: Overview of leg. B: Detail of tarsus. C: Detail of spinning field. D, E: Glomeridesmus cf. sumatranus (SUM06/08 01), female, spinning fields on tarsi of leg pair 2 with extruded threads/secretion. Abbreviations: cx = coxa, fe = femur, pof = postfemur, prf = prefemur, se = secretion, sf = spinning field, st = stigmata, su = suture, ta = tarsus, ti = tibia, v = stigmatic plate.

 
 
  Part of: Moritz L, Wesener T (2021) A tarsal spinning organ in glomeridesmid millipedes (Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Glomeridesmida). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 555-567. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e70002