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Wing structure and polymorphism in minute scavenger beetles (Coleoptera, Latridiidae)

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The main structural elements of the hind wing in 56 species of the family Latridiidae (Coleoptera) are analyzed. In macropterous forms, wing venation is reduced to 3 modified veins. 10 areas of sclerotization of the wing membrane are distinguished. Three forms with different degrees of wing reduction are revealed: the brachypterous, the micropterous, and the apterous form. Among 56 species examined, 40 are represented only by the macropterous form; 2, 3, 5, and 6 species, by macropterous and brachypterous, macropterous and micropterous, micropterous, and apterous forms, respectively.

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Original Russian Text © T.A. Trikhleb, 2009, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 46–55.

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Trikhleb, T.A. Wing structure and polymorphism in minute scavenger beetles (Coleoptera, Latridiidae). Entmol. Rev. 89, 264–271 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809030038

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