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Issue: Vol. 2231 No. 1: 15 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2231.1.3
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the final instar larva of Homeoura lindneri (Ris, 1928) and redescription of the larva of H. chelifera (Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Instituto de limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (CCT-CONICET-La Plata) C.C. 712, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (CCT-CONICET-La Plata) C.C. 712, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (CCT-CONICET-La Plata) C.C. 712, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Odonata Aquatic Insects damselfly Neotropical Region

Abstract

The final instar larvae of Homeoura lindneri and H. chelifera are described and illustrated based on reared specimens from Argentina. A generic diagnosis is provided, as well as a key to the larvae of the most common genera of Coenagrionidae present in Argentina.

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