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- The study examined the wings of male Matsucoccidae using light and scanning electron microscopes, focusing on both dorsal and ventral sides.
- It confirmed the presence of only one vein, the radius, in the common stem and found no evidence for additional veins previously thought identified.
- The research also identified new sensory structures and proposed a new nomenclature for wing features specific to this family of scale insects.
Article Abstract
Wings of males were studied. Using light and scanning electron microscopes, both sides of the wing membrane, dorsal and ventral, were examined. The presence of only one vein in the common stem was confirmed by the cross-section, namely the radius. The elements regarded as subcostal and medial veins were not confirmed as veins. On the dorsal side of the wings, a cluster of campaniform sensilla is shown for the first time in the family Matsucoccidae, through SEM, and two additional sensilla were found on the ventral side. There was a lack of alar setae, microtrichia as well as pterostigma. This is the second cross-section of the wing among scale insects. We propose the following nomenclature for the wings in the family Matsucoccidae: subcostal thickening (sct), radius (R), median fold (med) and anal fold (af).
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