pleural setal group

Definition: 

The four (three in early instars of some species) setae borne on a common, usually partially sclerotised, ventrolateral tubercle of each thoracic segment just external to the outer end of the epidermal invagination of the imaginal leg rudiment.

Synonyms: 
pleural group
Larval chaetotaxy: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith