Figure 3. Evidence for a in Evidence for Carboniferous origin of the order Mantodea (Insecta: Dictyoptera) gained from forewing morphology

Figure 3. Evidence for a fusion of posterior radius (RP) with media (M) at the wing base in Mantodea (abbreviations: ScP, posterior subcosta; RA, anterior radius; CuA, anterior cubitus; CuP, posterior cubitus; AA, anterior analis). A, Creobroter sp., detail of forewing base (IWC OB 126, ♂; right forewing, ventral view, reversed); arrows without label indicate the course of the median trachea. B, detail of forewing base, as located on A; arrows indicate the course of the median trachea. C, Creobroter sp., detail of forewing base (IWC OB 144, ♀; left forewing, ventral view). D, detail of forewing base, as located on C. E, Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792), detail of forewing base (IWC OB 249, ♀; left forewing, ventral view). F, detail of forewing, base as located on E. G, Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792), detail of forewing base (IWC OB 238, ♂; right forewing, dorsal view). H, Deroplatys desiccata Westwood, 1839, detail of forewing base (IWC OB 155, ♂; right forewing, ventral view, reversed).