EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF SQUAMIFORM MICROSCULPTURE ON THE FOREWING-HOLDING DEVICES (FRENAE) IN HETEROPTERA

Authors
STYS P
Citation
P. Stys, EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF SQUAMIFORM MICROSCULPTURE ON THE FOREWING-HOLDING DEVICES (FRENAE) IN HETEROPTERA, European journal of entomology, 95(2), 1998, pp. 307-310
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
European journal of entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
12105759
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
307 - 310
Database
ISI
SICI code
1210-5759(1998)95:2<307:EOOSMO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Frenae are forewing-holding ridges situated in the Heteroptera paralle l to the lateral sides of mesoscutellum, and covered by a squamiform, overlapping, glabrous microsculpture. The situation found in Rectilami na sp. (Dipsocoromorpha: Schizopteridae: Hypselosomatinae) suggests th at each single squamiform element is homologous to a strongly modified microtrichium, and that, at least in this case, there is no basic dif ference between microtrichium and acanthus.