K. W. Cooper.
Patterns of Abdominal Fusions in Male Boreus (Mecoptera).
Psyche 80:270, 1973.

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270 Psyche
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1930. Biologic der Hemipteren. Julius Springer, Berlin. PATTERNS OF ABDOMINAL FUSIONS IN MALE BOREUS (MECOP- TERA). - Since publication of my comments on the fusion of terminal tergal and sternal abdominal plates in male Boreus (Psyche, 79: 277, 1972)~ I have examined two males of Boreus vlasovi Martynova (determined* by Dr. Martynova) from Ashkhabad, Turkmeniya, U. S. S. R., through the kindness of Prof. F. M. Carpenter. Contrary to my listing based on the original description, these males do not have the 9th tergum fused to its sternum. Both have their 8th and 9th terga and sterna free, namely (o,o), just as in the North American Boreus brevicaudus Byers, B. brumalis Fitch, B. nivoriundus Fitch, and B. notoperates Cooper. Byer's figure (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 47: 491, fig. 15, 1954) shows the North Aperican B. reductus Carpenter also to be (o,o) . - K. W. COOPER, Dept. of Biology, University of California, Riverside, Calif., 92502. s
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