Open AccessTHE LARVAE OF CHRYSOMYA INCISURALIS (MACQUART) AND CH. (EUCOMPSOMYIA) SEMIMETALLICA (MALLOCH) (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)
Author(s) -
KITCHING R. L.,
VOETEN R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00083.x
Subject(s) - calliphoridae , biology , instar , larva , zoology , electron micrographs , genus , ecology , electron microscope , physics , optics
Third instar larvae of Chrysomya incisuralis and Ch. semimetallica are described and illustrated using scanning electron micrographs. The morphology of these two species is related to that of the known larvae of other members of the genus, and the earlier keys of Kitching are modified accordingly.