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Wing hinge morphology in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga dux (Diptera) – axillary sclerites and other cuticular structures. This video shows the structures involved in transmitting forces from the power muscles to the wings using contrast-enhanced X-ray microto-mography of a flesh fly thorax.

Mechanics of the thorax in flies

Tanvi Deora, Namrata Gundiah, and Sanjay P. Sane

Journal of Experimental Biology 2017. 220:1382-1395; doi: 10.1242/jeb.128363