Dissections of ancorae variation and aedeagal morphology from Blaptinae A Amatodes Dejean (Pedinini, Helopinina) median lobe with basal apophyses B Trigonopus similis Iwan (Platynotini, Platynotina) parameres, median lobe, and ancorae C Eleodes obscura (Say) (Amphidorini) intact and extracted parameres, median lobe, and ancorae D Anomalipus mastodon Fåhraeus, 1870 (Platynotini, Platynotina). Abbreviations: an - ancorae, bap - basal aphophyses, bp - basal portion of tegmen, cc - cuticular connection of ancorae to parameres, ml - median lobe, pan 1–3 - pseudo ancorae, par - parameres.