Terminology

Morphological Terminology and Abbreviations.

These list the items I use in my Macrosiphum papers, so that I don’t have to publish them over and over in species descriptions.

  • a.s. = antennal segment
  • a.s. VIa = basal part of antennal segment VI
  • a.s. VIb = apical part of antennal segment VI, often called the processus terminalis
  • URS = ultimate rostral segment
  • metatarsal II = second segment of the hind tarsus
  • siphunculus = cornicle
  • sensorium = rhinarium of authors
  • fundatrix/fundatrices = wingless stem mother/s
  • aptera/apterae = wingless viviparous female/s
  • alata/alatae = winged viviparous female/s
  • ovipara/oviparae = wingless egg-laying female/s
  • BMNH = The Natural History Museum, London
  • CNC = Canadian National Collection, Ottawa
  • USNM = National Collection of Aphidoidea, Beltsville, MD
  • ASJ = Aphidman’s collection, Lakeview, OR