other insects
Insect wing venation
Submitted by Adam Tofilski on Wed, 2009-09-09 14:20Diagram of insect wing venation. Redrawn with modifications from Chapman (fig. 9) [1].
The veins are named according to system of Comstock and Needham [2] modified by Wootton [3].
On the right side of the diagram there is a section across the wing. The section was made along the line marked with arrows. It shows, in exaggerated way, corrugation of the wing.
References
- Chapman R.F.
(1998) The insects: structure and function. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 788. - Comstock J.H., Needham J.G.
(1898) The wings of insects. American Naturalist 32:43-903. - Wootton R.J.
(1979) Function, homology and terminology in insect wings. Systematic Entomology 4:81-93.
