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Comstock–Needham system

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Apart from the costal and the anal veins, each vein can be branched, in which case the branches are numbered from anterior to posterior. For example, the two branches of the subcostal vein will be called
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In the case where two cells are separated by a crossvein but have the same anterior longitudinal vein, they should have the same name. To avoid this, they are attributed a number. For example, the R
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Crossveins link the longitudinal veins, and are named accordingly (for example, the medio-cubital crossvein is termed
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Fraser, F. C. 1938. A note on the fallaciousness of the theory of pretracheation in the venation of Odonata.
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Comstock, J.H. & Needham, J.G. (1898) The wings of Insects. IX The Venation of the Wings of Hymenoptera.
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The Comstock and Needham system attributes different names to the veins on an insect's wing. From the
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According to the Comstock–Needham system, the cubitus forks once, producing the cubital veins Cu
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The cells are named after the vein on the anterior side; for instance, the cell between Sc
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The media may also fork twice, therefore having four branches reaching the wing margin.
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cell is divided in two by the radial cross vein: the basal cell is termed "first R
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The radius typically branches once near the base, producing anteriorly the
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Insect wing venation, showing the names after the Comstock–Needham system
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If a cell is bordered anteriorly by a forking vein, such as R
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Borror and DeLong's introduction to the study of insects
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of all insect wings. This system was based on Needham's
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North–Carolina state University course on insect wings
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Index

Costal vein
wing veins
John Comstock
George Needham
homology
Frederic Charles Fraser

anterior
posterior
longitudinal
radius
humeral
Thomson Brooks/Cole
ISBN
0-03-096835-6
North–Carolina state University course on insect wings
Categories
Insect anatomy
Biological classification

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