encircles encircled by part_of part of part of adjacent to adjacent to cuticle of fore leg cuticle of protibia cuticle of tarsus protibio-protarsal conjunctiva cuticle of protarsus The cuticle of the segment of the leg that is composed of protarsomeres connected to each other by intertarsomeral conjunctiva. The first protarsomere is connected to the distal margin of the protibia by the protibio-protarsal conjunctiva and the last protarsomere is connected to the proximal margin of the propretarsus by the protarso-propretarsal conjunctiva. protarso-propretarsal conjunctiva cuticle of propretarsus proximal margin distal margin