Figures 2.21


A generalized wing of a neopteran insect (any living winged insect other than Ephemeroptera and Odonata), showing the articulation and the Kukalová-Peck nomenclatural scheme of wing venation.
Figures 2.21. A generalized wing of a neopteran insect (any living winged insect other than Ephemeroptera and Odonata), showing the articulation and the Kukalová-Peck nomenclatural scheme of wing venation.

Notation as follows: AA, anal anterior; AP, anal posterior; Ax, axillary sclerite; C, costa; CA, costa anterior; CP, costa posterior; CuA, cubitus anterior; CuP, cubitus posterior; hm, humeral vein; JA, jugal anterior; MA, media anterior; m-cu, cross-vein between medial and cubital areas; MP, media posterior; PC, precosta; R, radius; RA, radius anterior; r-m, cross-vein between radial and median areas; RP, radius posterior; ScA, subcosta anterior; ScP, subcosta posterior. Branches of the anterior and posterior sector of each vein are numbered, e.g. CuA 1-4. (After CSIRO 1991)

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