Supplementary material 6 from: Brannoch SK, Wieland F, Rivera J, Klass K-D, Béthoux O, Svenson GJ (2017) Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). ZooKeys 696: 1-100. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.696.12542

Abdominal structure terminology
: Explanation note: Updated standardized terminology of external abdominal structures with historical usage of topographically homologous terms. Morphological terminology of the external structures on the praying mantis abdomen are organized alphabetically by the updated standardardized terminology. Historical usage of topographically homologous structures are traced in reverse chronological order in subsequent columns. Plural spellings, abbreviations, and figure references for the standardized terminology are listed to aid in the identification of specific structures.