Description of larva and puparium of Oplodontha rubrithorax (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from the Oriental Region
Language English Country New Zealand Media electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
25947841
DOI
10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.7
PII: zootaxa.3955.1.7
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Animal Structures anatomy & histology growth & development MeSH
- Diptera anatomy & histology classification growth & development MeSH
- Ecosystem MeSH
- Pupa anatomy & histology classification growth & development MeSH
- Larva anatomy & histology classification growth & development MeSH
- Animal Distribution MeSH
- Organ Size MeSH
- Body Size MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
This is the first description of larva and puparium of Oplodontha rubrithorax (Macquart, 1838) from the Oriental Region. Larvae were found at a hot spring in North Thailand. The morphological features and cuticular structures of the larva are documented by drawings and SEM micrographs and the main characters are compared with the European O. viridula (Fabricius, 1775), the only described larva of this genus. Differences between larvae of both species were only found in pubescence. The characteristic, somewhat dilated and slightly clavate hairs on the dorsal surface of the body segments of O. viridula larva are apparently lacking in the larva of O. rubrithorax.
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Moravian Museum Department of Entomology Hviezdoslavova 29a 627 00 Brno Czech Republic ; Email
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