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Tarsus -i: the foot; the jointed appendage attached at the apex of tibia. bearing the claws and pulvilli.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Empodium: Diptera; the small process between the pulvilli: in Coleoptera; the bifid pseudotarsi between the claws: used also as = pulvillus; and see arolium, onychium, palmula, paronychium, plantula, pseudonychium and pulvillus.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.