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.

 
 
  Part of: Lumen R, Kamiński MJ (2023) Taxonomic revision of the genus Phylacastus Fairmaire (Tenebrionidae, Eurynotina): shortfalls of anatomical nomenclature with notes on aedeagal homology. ZooKeys 1138: 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968