Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Author
Munguira, Miguel L.
Author
Martín, José
Author
García-Barros, Enrique
Author
Shahbazian, Gayaneh
Author
Cancela, Juan Pablo
text
Zootaxa
2015
3937
2
201
247
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.1
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Genus
Agriades
Hübner
(
Fig.
22
E, F and
23
)
The annular zone is reduced, surrounded by very small, profound cells with a hexagonal or rounded form and undulated walls in
Agriades glandon
(Prunner)
(
Fig.
22
F). In
A. zullichi
Hemming
, the micropylar rosette has four petals with a central ridge and the rest of the annulus has cells decorated at the bottom with elongated outcrops (
Fig.
23
B). These outcrops are present in
A. zullichi
but not in
A. glandon
. The cells that surround the annular zone are less profound in
A. zullichi
than those of
A. glandon
in the few examples that have been studied. In both species the tubercle-aeropyle area consists of polygonal or rounded cells and a greater number of tubercles when further away from the annular ring. Tubercles are small, blunt and have an aeropyle at the end (
Figs.
22
E and
23
A).