First instar larvae of nine West-Palaearctic species of Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) | Zendy

Krzysztof Szpila | Zendy

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First instar larvae of nine West-Palaearctic species of <i>Pollenia</i> Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Author(s) -

Krzysztof Szpila

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

entomologica fennica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2489-4966

pISSN - 0785-8760

DOI - 10.33338/ef.84188

Subject(s) - instar , calliphoridae , biology , larva , zoology , ecology

The present paper describes first instar larvae of Pollenia amentaria (Scopoli), Pollenia angustigena Wainwright, Pollenia atramentaria (Meigen), Pollenia labialis Robineau-Desvoidy, Pollenia mayeri Jacentkovsky, Pollenia pediculata Macquart, Pollenia rudis (Fabricius), Pollenia similis (Jacentkovsky), and Pollenia vagabunda (Meigen). Morphologies of the first instar larvae of the above-mentioned species are studied with respect to their potential use for species identification. A key for the identification of all first instar larvae of Pollenia known at present is provided.

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