Subapical

_ Black, with gilded tomentum, which forms two bands on the thorax, and one on each side of the pectus; abdomen with three gilded tomentose bands, the third subapical, first segment ferruginous beneath; legs tawny, femora at the base and coxæ black; wings blackish-brown, dark cinereous hindward; halteres tawny. ❋ Various (N/A)

Head with gilded pubescence, cinereous behind and beneath; antennæ tawny, second joint above towards the tip and third joint piceous; thorax slightly covered with gilded tomentum; pectus with cinereous tomentum; abdomen with gilded tomentum towards the tip; legs tawny, femora mostly black, tibiæ with black stripes; wings cinereous, dark-brown about the costa, veinlet which bisects the subapical areolet incomplete, as it is also in the following species; halteres tawny. ❋ Various (N/A)

Black, with cinereous tomentum; antennæ rather stout; legs piceous; wings greyish; veins black; radial and cubital veins thick; radial vein extending to the fork of the subapical. ❋ Various (N/A)

The cytoskeleton in turn stabilises the protein complex that constitutes the adherens junctions, which being basal to the subapical Crb-complex contribute to the tautness of epithelia. ❋ Michaela Norum Et Al. (2010)

Hoekstra D, Tyteca D, van ISC (2004) The subapical compartment: a traffic center in membrane polarity development. ❋ Michaela Norum Et Al. (2010)

Histologically, the two obvious contact features are the subapical adherens junctions (aj) and the lateral septate junctions (sj). ❋ Michaela Norum Et Al. (2010)