TABLE 4 in COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE INSECT TRACHEAL SYSTEM PART 1: INTRODUCTION, APTERYGOTES, PALEOPTERA, POLYNEOPTERA

TABLE 4 AMNH Trachea Terminology Terminology and abbreviations for nomenclature presented. For thoracic and abdominal tracheal abbreviations, ‘n’ refers to the segment number and bracketed letters denote optional prefixes (D, dorsal; M, medial; V, ventral). Example: A 2-DB-VVi refers to second abdominal segment, dorsal branch ventral visceral trachea. Head Tracheae TermAbbrev.Thoracic Tracheae TermAbbrevAbdominal Tracheae TermAbbrev.Dorsal cephalic trunkH-DCTProthoracic cephalic trunkT2-CTAbdominal typmanumA-TyCephalic dorsal intersectionH-DXProthorax proparanotalT1-Pnabdominal spiracleAn-SIntercalaryH-IclegTn-Ldorsal branchAn-DBDorsal cephalic commissureH-DCcoxaTn-Cxventral branchAn-VBOcelliH-OcelfemoralTn-Fmdorsal commissureAn-DCOcularH-Octhoracic dorsal commissureTn-DCventral commissureAn-VCthoracic ventral commis-Tn-VCabdominal spiracularFrontalH-FtsurebranchAn-SBthoracic dorsal longitudinalTn-DLTFrontal commissureH-FtCtrunkdorsal longitudinal trunkAn-DLTClypealH-Clthoracic ventral intersectionTn-VXventral longitudinal trunkAn-VLTthoracic ventral longitudi-Tn-VLTmedial longitudinalLabrumH-Lbrnal trunkTrunkAn-MLTTn-Audvisceral longitudinalAntennalH-Antthoracic auditory tracheatrunkAn-ViLTCephalic ventral trunkH-VCTthoracic auditory septumTn-Septventral commissureAn-VCMandibleH-Mdthoracic dorsal branchTn-DBganglionAn-GaMaxillaH-Mxthoracic ventral branchTn-VBgillAn-GiMaxillary palpusH-MxPlpthoracic spiracleTn-Sabdominal visceralAn-ViTn-VSabdominal ventral vis-LabialH-Lbmventral spiracle (when split)ceralAn-VViLabial palpusH-LbmPlpspiracular atriumTn-SAtrabdominal dorsal visceralAn-DViTn-ALAn-DB-Cephalic ventral commissureH-VCanterior legabdominal dorsal branch visceral[D,M,V] ViTn-PLAn-VB-Cephalic ventral intersectionH-VXposterior legabdominal ventral branch visceral[D,M,V] ViCephalic dorsal-ventralTn-VLAn-DLA-branchH-DVBventral legabdominal DLA visceralViwing bridgeTn-Wbrterminal filamentA-TFanterior wing baseTn-AWbacercusA-Crposterior wing baseTn-PWbacostal-radial wingTn-W-c-rcubital-anal wingTn-W-cu-aflight muscleTn-FMspiracular branchTn-SBvisceralTn-Viasymmetric commissureTn-AsymC