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First submarginal cross-nervure: Hymenoptera; part of the media and the radio-medial cross vein (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Median nervules: in Lepidoptera (Holland) 1st = cubitus 2 (Comst.): 2d cubitus 1 (Comst.); 3d = media 3 (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Lanceolate cell: in Hymenoptera (ort.); - 2d anal (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Medio-eubital cross-vein: between media 4 and cubitus, connecting the two series (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Median 2: in Lepidoptera (Pack.), = media 3 (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Median space: in Lepidoptera, is the area between the median lines: in Odonata, the cubital cell (Comst.); the space at base between submedian (radius) and postcosta (st anal); by Selys in 1896 and later used in the sense of medial cell of Comst.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Anal cells: the spaces between the anal veins (Comst.): in Diptera, anal cell (Will.), the space nearest the body, inclosed by the 5th and
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Fourth longitudinal vein: Diptera (Will.), = media 2 (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Median cell: in Lepidoptera, is the closed area formed by a line extending from the end of subcostal to the end of the median veins, = radial (Comst.): in Hymenoptera, 1st median (Pack.), = medial (Comst.);
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Fifth longitudinal vein: Diptera (Will.); = media 3 (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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