Rediscovering digitules in Aphidomorpha and the question of homology among Sternorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera)

We explore and expand on the morphological term digitule. The term was originally proposed for toe-like setae on a species of Phylloxera Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834 (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphidomorpha) by Henry Shimer, an American naturalist. While it is standard terminology in...

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Main Authors: Mark A. Metz, Douglass R. Miller, Aaron M. Dickey, Gary R. Bauchan, Ronald Ochoa, Michael J. Skvarla, Gary L. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-07-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10100