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Comstock–Needham system

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naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898 and an important step in showing the homology of all insect wings

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Instance of
insect anatomy
Subclass of
insect wing
Image
Nervature ala g1.svg
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discoverer or inventor
James George Needham
Commons category
Système Comstock-Needham
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