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Issue: Vol. 4078 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.8
Page range: 78–83
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of the larva of Gynacantha cylindrata Karsch (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae)

via XXIV Maggio, 28, I – 53100, Siena, Italy.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università “Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, I – 001331, Roma, Italy.
Odonata Africa Anisoptera aquatic insects dragonfly immature forms taxonomy

Abstract

The ultimate stadium larva of Gynacantha cylindrata Karsch, 1891 is described and illustrated based on fifteen male and female exuviae from Bundibugyo, Uganda. The larva resembles those of the few described African species of the genus but shows a denser coverage of spine-like setae on body surface and abundance of hair-like setae on mouthparts. The female gonapophyses appear to be the longest described in the genus up to now and similar to those of G. villosa, a species included in the same group of African species.

 

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