Description of the final instar larva of Limnetron antarcticum Förster and notes on its female (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Alejandro Del Palacio; Javier Muzón

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.8

Description of the final instar larva of Limnetron antarcticum Förster and notes on its female (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Nov 12;3884(1):89-94. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.8.

Authors

Alejandro Del Palacio¹, Javier Muzón²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet" (CCT-La Plata), CC 712 - 1900 La Plata, Argentina.; Email: adelpalacio@ilpla.edu.ar.
² Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet" (CCT-La Plata), CC 712 - 1900 La Plata, Argentina.; Email: muzon@ilpla.edu.ar.

PMID: 25543769
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.8

Abstract

The final instar larva of Limnetron antarcticum Förster is described and illustrated for the first time based on one specimen collected in Misiones Province, Argentina. It is compared with L. debile (Karsch). Color pattern and ovipositor morphology of the female imago are described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Larva / anatomy & histology
Larva / classification
Odonata / anatomy & histology*
Odonata / classification*
Species Specificity