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Morphology of preimaginal stages of L ipara lucens ( D iptera, C hloropidae) – a gall‐forming fly in the common reed ( P hragmites australis )
Author(s) -
Grochowska Maria
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/azo.12002
Subject(s) - biology , pupa , larva , morphology (biology) , gall , zoology , botany
Abstract The article contains a complete description of the preimaginal stages of L ipara lucens M eigen, 1830, illustrated with 38 drawings. Previously published data on larval morphology are verified, and missing data are added. In descriptions of larvae, particular attention is paid to the facial mask, cephaloskeleton, anterior and posterior spiracles as well as locomotory structures. The morphological descriptions of the egg and pupa are supplemented with formerly unknown details. The article forms a basis for a complete description of the life history of this fly.