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Description of the larva of Telebasis digiticollis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez  and
José Antonio Gómez-Anaya
Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Departamento de Entomología, Apartado Postal 63, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, México
José Antonio Gómez-Anaya
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Departamento de Entomología, Apartado Postal 63, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, México
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: novelor@ecologia.edu.mx).
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Abstract

A detailed description and illustrations of the larva of Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902 are provided. A comparison with other larvae of the genus is made. Telebasis digiticollis is distinguished by 1 premental seta, 6–7 setae on the labial palp, a well-developed and convex ligula, 7–8 spiniform setae on the lateral margins of the prementum, and forceps-like male gonapophyses. The larva of T. digiticollis is more like that of T. boomsmae Garrison, 1994 than like other larvae of the genus. Larvae were found living in a lagoon densely covered by aquatic phanerogams such as Eichhornia sp. (Pontederiaceae) and Typha sp. (Typhaceae).

Résumé

Une déscription détaillée et illustrée des larves de Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902 a été faite. Les principales caractéristiques des larves de T. digiticollis sont prémentum avec 1 soie, palpi avec 6–7 soies palpales, ligula très développé et convexe, marges latérales du prémentum avec une rangée de 7–8 soies épiniformes et la gonapophyse du mâle en forme de forceps. La larve de T. digiticollis est plus proche de celle de T. boomsmae Garrison, 1994 que des autres larves connue du genre. Elles ont été récoltées dan une lagune couverte par des phanérogames aquatiques tels que Eichhornia sp. (Pontederiaceae) et Typha sp. (Typhaceae).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 137 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 61 - 66
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005

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