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DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF REMARTINIA SECRETA AND NOTES ON THE LARVA OF REMARTINIA LUTEIPENNIS FLORIDA (ODONATA: AESHNIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez
Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Departamento de Entomología, Apartado Postal 63, 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Abstract

A detailed description and illustrations of the larva of Remartinia secreta (Calvert) are provided. The main features that distinguish the larva of this species are dark brown coloration; prementum 0.25 times longer than its widest part, with a dorsal row of small spiniform setae close to the lateral margins; length of the lateral spine on abdominal segment six 0.4–0.5 mm; lateral valvae of female gonapophyses shorter than central ones; and female epiproct longer than cerci. Larvae were found living in a lagoon densely covered by aquatic phanerogams such as Eichhornia sp. (Pontedereaceae) and Typha sp. (Thyphaceae). Larva of R. secreta is compared to that of Remartinia luteipennis florida (Hagen), its only sympatric congener.

Résumé

Une déscription détaillée et illustrée des larves de Remartinia secreta (Calvert) a été faite. Elles ont été récoltées dans une lagune couverte par des phanérogames aquatiques tels que Eichhornia sp. (Pontedereaceae) et Typha sp. (Typhaceae). Les principales caractéristiques pour les identifier sont coloration café foncé; prémentum 0,25 fois plus allongé que sa plus large partie, avec une rangée dorsale de fines soies épiniformes près des marges latérales; épine latérale du 6ième segment abdominal de 0,4–0,5 mm de longeur; et chez les femelles la gonapophyse a des valves latérales plus courtes que les centrales et l’épiproctum est plus long que les cerci. Les caractéristiques des larves de cette espèce ont été comparées avec celles de Remartinia luteipennis florida (Hagen), son congénère sympatrique unique.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 130 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 893 - 897
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1998

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