Identification and morphology of an apataniid caddisfly larva from the Levant: Apatania cypria Tjeder 1952
Author
Waringer, Johann
Author
Malicky, Hans
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-20
4382
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journal article
30707
10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.8
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Morphological separation of fifth instar larvae of
Apataniidae
Wallengren 1886
from other European
Trichoptera
Larvae of the family
Apataniidae
share the folloWing morphological characters (
Pitsch 1993
;
Solem 1985
;
Wallace
et al.
2003
;
Waringer & Graf 2011
;
Wiggins 1996
):
- With transportable case (
Fig. 14
);
- sclerites present on pro-, meso-, and metanota (
Fig. 5
, p, ms, mt);
- no transverse rim at anterior 3rd of pronotum (
Fig. 4
, arroW);
- pronotum and mesonotum each completely covered by 2 sclerites in close contact, separated by unbranched longitudinal suture (
Fig. 5
, arroWs);
- median(
sa
1) and posterior metanotal sclerites (
sa
2) reduced and represented only by setal groups (
Fig. 5
);
- prosternal horn present (
Fig. 2
, ph);
- antennae situated halfWay betWeen eye and anterior head margin (
Fig. 1
, arroW);
- scraper-type mandibles Without terminal teeth along cutting edge (
Fig. 2
, arroW);
- submentum Wedge-shaped (
Fig. 2
, s);
- head With many secondary setae (
Fig. 3
, ss);
- fleshy protuberances present laterally and dorsally on abdominal segment I (
Fig. 9
, dp, lp);
- all gills consisting of single filaments (
Fig. 9
, dr, do).