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On the Axillary Sclerites and Their Role in the Mechanism of Flexion and Extension of the Wings in the Indian Field Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus Deg. (Gryllidae, Orthoptera)
Author(s) -
Thakare V. K.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1969.tb00545.x
Subject(s) - gryllus bimaculatus , cricket , orthoptera , biology , wing , anatomy , field cricket , mechanism (biology) , zoology , structural engineering , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
A detailed account of the structure of the axillary sclerites of the fore and the hind wings is given. In the fore wing the first axillary is less developed than the second. In the hind wing the second axillary is less developed than the first. The inverse relative development of the first and the second axillary sclerites in the fore and the hind wings has arisen in response to the different type of role they have to play in the two wings. The structure of axillaries reveals that their modifications are intimately associated with the efficient mechanism of flexion and extension of the wings.