Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

WING VENATION PATTERN OF SHORT HORNED GROSSHOPPERS BASED ON THEIR MORPHOMETRY

Syed Hussain Peeran S

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<p> The present investigation was undertaken to study the body weight, body length, forewing and hindwing pattern of chosen 21 species of short horned grosshoppers (Acridids). These species were documented and their wing pattern at species levels were studied based on their morphometry. The morphological features of the wings are useful in understanding their flight behaviour, phylogeny and taxonomy. The overall wing venation pattern analysis of the Acridids species studied found species specific wing pattern and no species had any specific single wings based morphotraits. The wing pattern variables namely costa, cubitus, media and radius could together be useful in species identification. Wing morphology of short horned grosshopper and venation pattern have been reported in most of the insect groups and used for analysing their divergence and convergence.</p>

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SYED HUSSAIN PEERAN S / WING VENATION PATTERN OF SHORT HORNED GROSSHOPPERS BASED ON THIER MORPHOMETRY / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 11 November 2015

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