Acalypterate insect wings: dorsal vs. ventral to determine right vs left Hi:
Several decades ago, I dissected many flies and mounted the dissected parts on slides. For example, slide 1 contains 1 head, 2 wings and 2 front legs (I tossed the rest of the body) of specimen 1; slide 2 contains 1 head, 2 wings and 2 front legs of specimen 2, etc. Unfortunately, thus far for me, I did not label right vs left. While I have successfully figured out how to tell the legs apart (right vs. left), I do not feel as confident on the wings. My understanding is that the veins project more ventrally. Assuming this is correct (OK to correct me), saying it is not as easy as confidently determining it for the legs. If you have experience telling right from left wings, could you tell me how you are able to do that in dissected wings? I can be reached at [email protected] Thanks. Gratefully, Jorge P.S. Apologies for potential duplicate emails. Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
