A Revised Description of the Larva of Leptocerina pauliani (Ross 1957) (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), an Endemic Species of La Réunion Island
Author
Forcellini, Maxence
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-03
4981
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journal article
5932
10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.10
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Key to the species of already-described
Leptocerina
larva
1 Case cylindrical in cross-section (
Hickin 1956
, figs 8, 13)..................................................... 2
- Case triangular in cross-section (
Figs 1A, 1B
)............................................................... 3
2 Case made up of vegetable debris arranged transversally; head coloration almost completely black (similar to
Hickin 1948
, fig. 1).............................................................................
Leptocerina ramosa trifida
- Case generally consisting of twig or hollowed stem; head coloration yellowish with dark longitudinal bands (
Hickin 1956
, fig. 13).......................................................................................
L. ungandana
3 Triangular ventral apotome posteriorly elongate (
Fig. 3C
)..................................................... 4
- Triangular ventral apotome wide and not posteriorly elongate (
de Moor 2002
, fig. 5l;
de Moor & Scott 2004
, fig. 5.38A)..............................................................................................
L. spinigera
4 Hind tarsi with rows of dense, long fringe of swimming setae and ventral row of short, stiff bristles (
Fig. 4C
)............ 5
- Hind tarsi with short, stiff bristles but without long fringe of swimming setae (
Marlier 1956
, fig. 2H)............
L. integra
5 Metanotum with well-defined sclerites on setal area 3 (
Hickin 1956
, fig. 5)..........................
L. ramosa pinheyi
- Metanotum with ill-defined sclerites on setal area 3 (
Figs 3D, 3E
).......................................
L. pauliani