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Microtrichial patterns of the mesothoracic wing surface in Scutelleridae (Hemiptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2013

Joanna Czaja
Joanna Czaja*
Affiliation:
Department of Biosystematics, University of Opole, Oleska 22, 45-052, Opole, Poland (e-mail: heyna@uni.opole.pl). Subject editor: Bradley Sinclair
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Abstract

New data on forewing microtrichial patterns are presented. Nineteen species representing 19 genera and seven subfamilies of Afrotropical Scutelleridae are investigated using scanning electron microscopy. Four types of microtrichial patterns are recognised. The taxonomic importance of these structures in the Scutelleridae is discussed.

Résumé

De nouvelles données sur la disposition des microtriches des ailes antérieures sont présentées; 19 espèces représentant 19 genres de Scutellaridae afrotropicaux ont été étudiées en utilisant la microscopie électronique à balayage. Quatre types de disposition des microtriches ont été reconnus. L'importance taxonomique des ces structures chez les Scutellaridae est discutée.

Type
Systematics & Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 145 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 351 - 368
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2013 

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