Those males with the longest fore femora were collected from five plant taxa, most of them indigenous (fig. 2b).
The relative lengths of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi of the hind leg are as follows :-46 : 55 :17.
A species very easily recognised by means of the striped femora.
The mid and hind femora have 7 dorsal notches, the first, second, fourth, and seventh (apical) notches bearing each a pair of bristles.
Type 1 is the commoner subtype and is distinguished by the presence of curved femora and flattened vertebral bodies (platyspondyly).
Palpi a bit less than one-third as long as proboscis, the latter as long as fore femora.
In osteomalacia, pain, particularly around the femora and ribs, often predominates over weakness.
The femora are rather stout, with an irregular row of short hairs on the upper surface.
