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Wing Base Structure in Lepidoptera: III. Taxonomic Characters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Janet Sharplin
Janet Sharplin
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Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Abstract

Wing base characters of taxonomic interest are listed. The morphology of these structures was described in Parts I and II of this series of papers (Sharplin 1963b, c). It is suggested that the presence of a tergopleural apodeme in the mesothorax is a definitive character for the Lepidoptera.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 96 , Issue 7 , July 1964 , pp. 943 - 949
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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