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. 2023 Oct 17;11:e15874. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15874

Table 4. Anatomical terms used for the muscles and cross-referenced with terms (including numbers and letters) used by other authors.

An en-dash symbol (–) identified that that specific muscle has not been treated by the author in the given work.

Abbreviation Label Boulangé (1924) Peck (1937a); Peck (1937b) Snodgrass (1941) Alam (1952) Schulmeister (2001); Schulmeister (2003) Mikó et al. (2013)
S9-cm Medial S9-cupulal muscle a A 1 2 a
S9-cml Mediolateral S9-cupulal muscle b B 2 3 b Mediolateral S9-cupulal muscle
S9-cl Lateral S9-cupulal muscle c C 3 1 c Lateral S9-cupulal muscle
c-gsvm Ventromedial cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle d D 4 7 d Ventromedial cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle
c-gsvl Ventrolateral cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle e E 5 4, 5 e Ventrolateral cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle
c-gsdl Dorsolateral cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex f F 7 f Dorsolateral cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex
c-gsdm Dorsomedial cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle g G 6 6 g Dorsomedian cupulo-gonostyle/volsella complex muscle
gs-pvpv Proximoventral gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscle h H 8 14 h Proximoventral gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalva muscle
gs-pvdv Distoventral gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscle i I 9 15 i Distoventral gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscle
gs-pvdd Distodorsal gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscles j J 10 13 j Distodorsal gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscles
gs-pvpd Proximodorsal gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalval muscle k K 11 16 k Proximodorsal gonostyle/volsella complex - penisvalva muscle
gs-pvl Lateral gonostyle/volsella complex-penisvalval muscle l L 12 18 l Lateral gonostyle/volsella complex-penisvalval muscle
pv-gssl Lateral penisvalvo-gonossiculal muscle m M 22 12 m
pv-gssm Medial penisvalvo-gonossiculal muscle n
pv-ph Penisvalvo-phallotremal muscle n N 24 17 nb
gss-ph Gonossiculo-phallotremal muscle nd
pss-ph Parossiculo-phallotremal muscle nl
gs-pss Gonostyle/volsella complex-parossiculal muscle o Gonostyle/volsella complex-parossiculal muscle
gn-pssp Proximal gonostipo-parossiculal muscle o O 18 8 o’
gn-pssd Distal gonostipo-parossiculal muscle 20 o”
imvll Lateral gonostyle/volsella complex-volsella muscle p P 19 10 p Lateral gonostyle/volsella complex-volsella muscle
imvl Median gonostyle/volsella complex-volsella muscle q Q 21 9 qr Medial gonostyle/volsella complex-volsella muscle
r R
imvm Gonostyle/volsella complex-gonossiculus muscle s S 23 11 s Gonostyle/volsella complex-gonossiculus muscle
pss-pv Parossiculo-penisvalval muscle si si Parossiculo-penisvalval muscle
gs-hrd Distal gonostyle/volsella complex-harpal muscle t T 16 t’ Distal gonostyle/volsella complex-harpal muscle
gs-hrp Proximal gonostyle/volsella complex-harpal muscle 15 t” Proximal gonostyle/volsella complex-harpal muscle
ga-hra Apical gonostyle/volsella complex - harpal muscles u U u Distal gonostipes/volsella complex-harpal muscle
ha-gon Harpo-gonomaculal muscle v V 17 v
gs-gs Intragonostyle muscle w
pv-pv Interpenisvalval muscle x 13 x
vl-vl Intervolsellal muscle y
pv-mss Penisvalvo-median sclerotized style muscle z 14 z