Open AccessDescripción del primer caso teratológico en un ejemplar de Esphalmenus silvestrii (Borelli) (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) de Isla Magdalena, Chile
Author(s) -
Eduardo I. Faúndez,
Máriom A. Carvajal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista chilena de entomología/revista chilena de entomología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0718-8994
pISSN - 0034-740X
DOI - 10.35249/rche.46.4.20.21
Subject(s) - biology , humanities , geography , art
First teratological case in the earwig Esphalmenus silvestrii (Borelli, 1902) is reported. The case belongs to an atrophy and oligomery unilateral with anarthrogenesis in the mesothoracic right leg. The case is discussed and illustrated. Additionally, this is the first record of E. silvestrii in Magdalena Island, Magellanes Region, Chile.