encircles encircled by part_of part of part of adjacent to adjacent to cuticle of hind leg cuticle of metatibia cuticle of tarsus metatibio-metatarsal conjunctiva cuticle of metatarsus Metatarsus The cuticle of the segment of the leg that is composed of metatarsomeres connected to each other by intertarsomeral conjunctiva. The first metatarsomere is connected to the distal margin of the metatibia by the metatibio-metatarsal conjunctiva and the last metatarsomere is connected to the proximal margin of the metapretarsus by the metatarso-metapretarsal conjunctiva. metatarso-metapretarsal conjunctiva cuticle of metapretarsus proximal margin distal margin