# Comstock–Needham system

> 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

**Wikidata**: [Q1122835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122835)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock–Needham_system)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/comstock-needham-system


## References

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