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Issue: Vol. 4237 No. 2: 28 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.11
Page range: 383–392
Abstract views: 76
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Morphology of the adult male and pupal exuviae of Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) glaucus (Meigen 1818) (Diptera, Chironomidae) using scanning electron microscope (SEM)

Karol Starmach Department of Freshwater Biology, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Mickiewicza 33, Krakow, Poland.
Department of Cell Biology and Imaging, Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
Karol Starmach Department of Freshwater Biology, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Mickiewicza 33, Krakow, Poland.
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tzar Osvoboditel boulv., Sofia, Bulgaria.
Institute of Water Supply and Environmental Protection, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, Krakow, Poland.
Diptera Glyptotendipes (G.) glaucus pupal exuviae male morphology

Abstract

In this paper, a study of the morphology of the pupa and male imago of Glyptotendipes (G.) glaucus (Meigen 1818) was carried out, with the aid of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The SEM provided additional valuable information on the morphology of the species. Adult male head, antenna, wing, leg, abdomen, hypopygium, pupal cephalothorax and abdomen were examined. It is emphasized that SEM was not often used in Chironomidae studies. The present results confirm SEM as a suitable approach in carrying out morphological and taxonomical descriptions of Chironomidae species.

 

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