FNZ 51 - Coccidae males (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea) - Conventions
Hodgson, CJ; Henderson, RC 2004. Coccidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea): adult males, pupae and prepupae of indigenous species. Fauna of New Zealand 51, 228 pages.
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ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
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no.
51.
ISBN 0-478-09360-8 (print),
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Published 22 Jun 2004
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/References/85A2C19D-CA28-4C43-9B7C-BABE3D5DFCE8
Conventions
Figures. The drawings were all made from dorsoventrally mounted specimens by measuring each structure using a graticule. All parts of a given species are therefore drawn to scale, but not necessarily to the same scale (i.e., small and large species were drawn to about the same finished size). The structure of each lateral vignette was drawn similarly, although again the vignettes on any given figure were not necessarily drawn to a consistent scale.
Some structures, such as the mesoprephragma and furca, are actually internal structures often shown by dotted lines by other authors (e.g., Giliomee 1968). However, these structures are often extremely easy to see and do not appear to be obviously internal when viewed on the slide and therefore were drawn in the present figures as they appear on the slide. Sclerotised structures, such as the prescutum, scutum, basisternum, legs, and antennae are dotted to indicate the sclerotisation; where the sclerotisation appears unusually dense, as on the scutellum, this is generally shown by cross-hatching, whereas ridges, which are even more heavily sclerotised, are shown in black.
Measurements and ratios. All measurements were taken as shown in Fig. 15. Basically, the greatest length or width was measured for each structure, apart from the lengths of the prescutum, membranous area of the scutum, and scutellum that were measured along their middles. All ratios mentioned in the descriptions below were calculated using the median of the measurements for those particular structures.
Material studied. As this publication is divided into 3 parts, each part often describing material with the same collection details, the Material studied is in an appendix following the descriptions.
References. Only references cited are listed. For further literature on the New Zealand Coccidae, see Hodgson & Henderson (2000).