Male genitalia in Miridae: structure, terminology and application to phylogenetic inference. Critical comments on Cheng-Shing Lin & Chung-Tu Yang’s ideas (Heteroptera)

F.V. Konstantinov

Abstract. Critical analysis is given of the terminology proposed and conclusions reached in the monograph by Lin & Yang (2005) on the male genitalia of Miridae.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2007, 16(2): 235-238 ▪ Published in print 20 December 2007

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2007.16.2.235 ▪ Open full article

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