Figure 14 in Evidence for Carboniferous origin of the order Mantodea (Insecta: Dictyoptera) gained from forewing morphology

Figure 14. Evidence of the branching of the anterior branch of posterior radius (RP*) (abbreviations: CuA, anterior cubitus; CuP, posterior cubitus; AA, anterior analis; RA, anterior radius). A–D, forewings of specimen IWC OB 242, belonging to Parasphendale affinis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (♀). A, right forewing (dorsal view). B, detail of right forewing apex, as located on A. C, left forewing (dorsal view, reversed). D, detail of left forewing apex, as located on B; arrows indicate the two branches of RP*. E–G, forewings of specimens belonging to Ameles decolor (Charpentier, 1825). E, right forewing of the specimen IWC OB 76 (dorsal view; ♂). F, left forewing of the specimen IWC OB 76 (ventral view; ♂). G, right forewing of the specimen IWC OB 71 (dorsal view; ♂).