Open AccessON THE PROTHORACIC SPIRACLES OF THE FIRST INSTAR LARVAE OF CALYPTRATE CYCLORRHAPHA (DIPTERA)
Author(s) -
KITCHING R. L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01698.x
Subject(s) - biology , larva , instar , zoology , ecology
A range of species of calyptrate Diptera are shown to be amphipneustic in their first larval instars, having minute, simple prothoracic spiracles. These structures are illustrated and discussed.