Open AccessCONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MORPHOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF PENTATOMOIDEA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA) PART I. SCUTELLERIDAE
Author(s) -
Kumar R.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1965.tb00647.x
Subject(s) - hemiptera , biology , heteroptera , zoology
New evidence from the internal male reproductive organs is presented to support a family status for Scutelleridae. From a study of nineteen genera, generalizations are made regarding the conducting chamber in Scutellerinae. Relationship of three subfamilies of Scutelleridae is discussed from a study of the genitalia of twenty three genera. The vesica is claimed to be a modification of the conjunctiva.