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7 L3 larvae and 13 pupae, Serbia,
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, 6.07.2017,
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,
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, 364 m., ex
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. Accession numbers of sequenced specimens MN992009 (larva), MN992010 (pupa).
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<paragraph id="F26C4042E55A42C762CC4018A04E2369" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Description of mature larva</paragraph>
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(Figures
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(in mm). Body length: 1.60-1.96. Body width (metathorax): 1.00-1.20. Head width: 0.36-0.40.
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(Figure
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) white, slender, curved. Chaetotaxy of thoracic segments relatively well developed, setae capilliform, different in length, light yellow, on thoracic segments elongated or medium, on abdominal segments very short. Prothorax (Figure
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Meso- and metathorax (Figure
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, equal in length; one long
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and one long
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Pedal area with five long, equal in length
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Abdominal segments I-VIII (Figure
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and two short
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Abdominal segment IX (Figure
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mature larva, habitus and chaetotaxy
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habitus of the body and frontal view of the head
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lateral view of thoracic segments
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- prodorsal,
<emphasis id="96DA4A274B13E606A822EF122861FA25" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ps</emphasis>
- pleural,
<emphasis id="1A23438D8A429F9D722EE034D033DD4A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ss</emphasis>
- spiracular,
<emphasis id="D43F5433B004D64A71A1E4C7616B9178" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">sts</emphasis>
- sternal,
<emphasis id="7BDB4173029CDBE91126491CA56DB3E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ts</emphasis>
- terminal.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E0267B79425497CF50B7EEFE4C618C24" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis id="693663084B4D14C3E13C21ADB7605216" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Head capsule</emphasis>
(Figures
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,
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) white, almost rounded.
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long,
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two times shorter than
<emphasis id="30E2E7D9A6986DBFD3B3B464E9B95460" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">des1</emphasis>
.
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as long as
<emphasis id="0618828A1F9322D802A71195CDE7837C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">des1</emphasis>
,
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elongated, equal in length.
<emphasis id="7764A83D3AAB987B4985124180938185" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Les1</emphasis>
medium,
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long; both
<emphasis id="93E1D4D4FE69650D8287DD4A87A22A29" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ves</emphasis>
very short, and two very short
<emphasis id="26B61BBC5E3D1564C02B39C2C33C4D07" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pes</emphasis>
(Figure
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). Antennae (Figure
<figureCitation id="10DB6B3430125C5E609061525A2BF098" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mecinus pascuorum mature larva, head and mouth parts A head, frontal view B antenna C clypeus and labrum, dorsal view D epipharynx E left mandible F maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: at - antenna, clss - clypeal sensorium, des - dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: als - anterolateral, ams - anteromedial, cls - clypeal, dms - dorsal malar, fs - frontal, ligs - ligular, lrs - labral, ls - lateral epicranial, mbs - malar basiventral, mds - mandibular, mes - median, mxps - maxillary palp, pes - postepicranial, ves - ventral, pfs - palpiferal, pms - postlabial, prms - prelabial, stps - stipal, vms - ventral malar." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419856" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2B</figureCitation>
) with conical, elongated sensorium (Se), four times as long as wide, and three sensilla basiconica. Clypeus (Figure
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) trapezium-shaped, anterior margin slightly concave;
<emphasis id="76F4906B8E58736C5720DFB6B803DAC9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">cls2</emphasis>
short;
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close to
<emphasis id="0B5A7D8FF19F9C62CF79491249A8C829" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">cls2</emphasis>
. Labrum (Figure
<figureCitation id="47F92B9ED1666F73CB06696941EB7599" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mecinus pascuorum mature larva, head and mouth parts A head, frontal view B antenna C clypeus and labrum, dorsal view D epipharynx E left mandible F maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: at - antenna, clss - clypeal sensorium, des - dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: als - anterolateral, ams - anteromedial, cls - clypeal, dms - dorsal malar, fs - frontal, ligs - ligular, lrs - labral, ls - lateral epicranial, mbs - malar basiventral, mds - mandibular, mes - median, mxps - maxillary palp, pes - postepicranial, ves - ventral, pfs - palpiferal, pms - postlabial, prms - prelabial, stps - stipal, vms - ventral malar." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419856" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2C</figureCitation>
) narrow, trapezium-shaped, anterior margin distinctly sinuate;
<emphasis id="032A9750FEB40E4B1D38B06AFBD69F77" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs1</emphasis>
long,
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and
<emphasis id="16673753DED0FD0CC3120B7F7CB730F3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs3</emphasis>
medium. Epipharynx (Figure
<figureCitation id="49887F2FFB3E92ACBBF2C0BDFBB25596" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mecinus pascuorum mature larva, head and mouth parts A head, frontal view B antenna C clypeus and labrum, dorsal view D epipharynx E left mandible F maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: at - antenna, clss - clypeal sensorium, des - dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: als - anterolateral, ams - anteromedial, cls - clypeal, dms - dorsal malar, fs - frontal, ligs - ligular, lrs - labral, ls - lateral epicranial, mbs - malar basiventral, mds - mandibular, mes - median, mxps - maxillary palp, pes - postepicranial, ves - ventral, pfs - palpiferal, pms - postlabial, prms - prelabial, stps - stipal, vms - ventral malar." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419856" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2D</figureCitation>
) with three finger-like
<emphasis id="0A81F33742D009B7C69F908754C1B5AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">als</emphasis>
of almost equal length; two finger-like
<emphasis id="7374ABC3190A5E20FA337214AAE9AC7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ams</emphasis>
, different in length; two short finger-like
<emphasis id="2839F536DA67B091C1C42AB32FDBF3B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mes</emphasis>
; surface smooth; labral rods very short, rounded. Mandibles (Figure
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) conical, rather wide, with divided apex (teeth of different lengths, curved); small protuberance in the middle of the cutting edge; with two medium
<emphasis id="3DF5F350485D89D462BF628DEFBA2C5D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mds</emphasis>
capilliform, equal in length, placed transversely. Maxilla (Figure
<figureCitation id="72D1C1137A7B784214742D3F7F5F98AB" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mecinus pascuorum mature larva, head and mouth parts A head, frontal view B antenna C clypeus and labrum, dorsal view D epipharynx E left mandible F maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: at - antenna, clss - clypeal sensorium, des - dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: als - anterolateral, ams - anteromedial, cls - clypeal, dms - dorsal malar, fs - frontal, ligs - ligular, lrs - labral, ls - lateral epicranial, mbs - malar basiventral, mds - mandibular, mes - median, mxps - maxillary palp, pes - postepicranial, ves - ventral, pfs - palpiferal, pms - postlabial, prms - prelabial, stps - stipal, vms - ventral malar." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419856" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2F</figureCitation>
) with one medium
<emphasis id="0F6A9211DCCC72184BDB5728608E395B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">stps</emphasis>
and two medium
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;
<emphasis id="53B53FE99E6AEF7F83C5A528A8EE7DD6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mbs</emphasis>
short; mala with six long rod-like
<emphasis id="E4A087ECEA35F684A2AF4769845220A1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms</emphasis>
of almost equal size, five
<emphasis id="A2D5D6186BC66887E7855897CE089080" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">vms</emphasis>
different in length. Maxillary palpi: basal palpomere distinctly wider and longer than distal. Prelabium (Figure
<figureCitation id="083301C467BF90C8C091B26110087DD3" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mecinus pascuorum mature larva, head and mouth parts A head, frontal view B antenna C clypeus and labrum, dorsal view D epipharynx E left mandible F maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: at - antenna, clss - clypeal sensorium, des - dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: als - anterolateral, ams - anteromedial, cls - clypeal, dms - dorsal malar, fs - frontal, ligs - ligular, lrs - labral, ls - lateral epicranial, mbs - malar basiventral, mds - mandibular, mes - median, mxps - maxillary palp, pes - postepicranial, ves - ventral, pfs - palpiferal, pms - postlabial, prms - prelabial, stps - stipal, vms - ventral malar." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419856" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2F</figureCitation>
) cup-like with one long
<emphasis id="F3858C2A3D9C019A4F1E4692E517C392" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">prms</emphasis>
; ligula with two short
<emphasis id="CC99DB35F157597038375B59704094D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ligs</emphasis>
of different length; premental sclerite weakly developed, cup-like. Postlabium (Figure
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) with short
<emphasis id="B1FAB3B512E6D8449A5E637021CCD90C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms1</emphasis>
, long
<emphasis id="7C20ACCC515F834FF7002CE57BCF272B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms2</emphasis>
, and short
<emphasis id="77A8EFE1CD3BE7781AECB51840C50EB0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms3</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2173359A9E76B62170B9958A60F93531" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis id="219A93D48213B7611CE6F37A32DD1048" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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mature larva, head and mouth parts
<emphasis id="65A7CE27557DD85C89B00D070FF1C91F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
head, frontal view
<emphasis id="42D8FE166F21785163C8CB6113E6D7AD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
antenna
<emphasis id="C4E72146E75FC5C2EB9AED69B29D19DE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
clypeus and labrum, dorsal view
<emphasis id="E385390790DE4E554321FC1F9AFC864E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">D</emphasis>
epipharynx
<emphasis id="1B3A1D9AB8B45D76421605FD52734458" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">E</emphasis>
left mandible
<emphasis id="517C54529F94A2D9787018567AC6C6E3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">F</emphasis>
maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations:
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- antenna,
<emphasis id="824DCD44DA524846E7648D3FC26F0BEC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">clss</emphasis>
- clypeal sensorium,
<emphasis id="E77145124043583D2EDD807E9D680DC8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">des</emphasis>
- dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae:
<emphasis id="8A8F061C449984620DBB563B8ABA2A6B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">als</emphasis>
- anterolateral,
<emphasis id="A31F2B9F737A1B84717242249A506285" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ams</emphasis>
- anteromedial,
<emphasis id="EE690E8132D7A448758D8A74E4A38F4D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">cls</emphasis>
- clypeal,
<emphasis id="3ACEB6530B54B6B9E209FDE50B7EC0AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms</emphasis>
- dorsal malar,
<emphasis id="6F85A7802CE6C8199740CB48FA4AF3D7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">fs</emphasis>
- frontal,
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- ligular,
<emphasis id="79669027AF933B635C1B70917B1E35FB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs</emphasis>
- labral,
<emphasis id="19D75E0492F83F184BB68367D2E83B29" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ls</emphasis>
- lateral epicranial,
<emphasis id="8D2367B2961FEF36B2858FC0AC4F39A8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mbs</emphasis>
- malar basiventral,
<emphasis id="4ADDEB73CEC7E642E78C394DE78DAD92" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mds</emphasis>
- mandibular,
<emphasis id="4D7CB24734D2EAF3E4E03AC4B683F809" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mes</emphasis>
- median,
<emphasis id="3BB73AAC8E994034E0DF66B3BEF28D5C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mxps</emphasis>
- maxillary palp,
<emphasis id="0C65CD4E6D83C8CAA40993CF09CA21BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pes</emphasis>
- postepicranial,
<emphasis id="02B4010110A0E75C3585D383FE693FFB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ves</emphasis>
- ventral,
<emphasis id="FAE5E056473492EFF68392EBF0E2F8F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pfs</emphasis>
- palpiferal,
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- postlabial,
<emphasis id="5C601790D1A096857D3E9A61ACB048B1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">prms</emphasis>
- prelabial,
<emphasis id="D46360E39CE9CD689CF99D2A4C6C58AE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">stps</emphasis>
- stipal,
<emphasis id="5E47B4E35DE10137BF0536F5B10C9DA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">vms</emphasis>
- ventral malar.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A8B41330B8DE91A1215ECE5BCC0219A9" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="description">
<paragraph id="7523C48B55065E876B90A8FBDBC12659" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Description of pupa</paragraph>
<paragraph id="68C99AA209EC3D9D76A9B10E8A0ECC8F" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
(Figure
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).
<emphasis id="9116FA3E641115E229C667D7613CECB1" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Measurements</emphasis>
(in mm). Head width: 0.32-0.40. Body width: 0.90-1.20. Body length: 1.52-2.10.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D77F0F7137B8FE1FA6B88BEFF83F9BF9" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis id="0CE4C0A3A5920C5CEF5D91C6C8AE5AD5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Body</emphasis>
moderately stout, slightly curved, white. Rostrum moderately slender, medium long, about 2.5 times as long as wide, reaching mesocoxae. Antennae rather short. Pronotum 1.7 times as wide as long, with two, conical, protuberances apically (p-pr). Urogomorpi (ur) short, conical, with sclerotised apex (Figure
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).
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<emphasis id="86E9E00E734F2610D4799ED6196A9F0D" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
well visible, all setae (except those on rostrum and ventral part of abdomen) almost equal in length, medium. Head with one
<emphasis id="63DDC61BB522F52F161A1C28996F7609" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">os</emphasis>
. Rostrum with one minute
<emphasis id="9FC7BD3B9D7E1C9017F8EB0529CE4F43" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">rs</emphasis>
(Figure
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). Pronotum with two
<emphasis id="072ADC1134E4F0D450AF930A3CDF985B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">as</emphasis>
placed beside protuberances, two
<emphasis id="A0C145ADD5A3426F13BF9902E20F0EBA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ls</emphasis>
, one
<emphasis id="576FF3371BFF9FD3C0AE0F63C505AD3F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ds</emphasis>
and three
<emphasis id="6E59100FF1EF31D33A47ACE78821E8A2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pls.</emphasis>
Dorsal parts of meso- and metathorax with two setae placed laterally. Abdominal segments I-VIII with three setae situated posteriorly, two elongated setae laterally and three short setae ventrally (median setae distinctly bigger than others). Abdominal segment IX with two micro-setae ventrally.
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<emphasis id="A0DB723B9F3B75227A541A44019DEF51" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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pupa habitus and chaetotaxy
<emphasis id="12801CCB73B674E28AC6F97EE050729E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="8D40906F2294A0A2FA30640EC6304DF5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="CA20013891765E78A98C8A543E8FB12C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
dorsal view. Abbreviations: Th. I-III - number of thoracic segments, Abd. I-IX - number of abdominal segments, p-pr - pronotal protuberances, ur - urogomphi, setae:
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- apical,
<emphasis id="50827C9E2A83122D969CB6649DDCFDA6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">d</emphasis>
- dorsal,
<emphasis id="7CB5CF653E06F9E3B28C2D222BC248D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ds</emphasis>
- discal,
<emphasis id="CFC073741D078D8670E2FF85F4CC0421" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">fes</emphasis>
- femoral,
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,
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- lateral,
<emphasis id="769106DA021C7AFBDB87B2854CAA0913" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">os</emphasis>
- orbital,
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- posterolateral,
<emphasis id="5DA5169CAD9A370A1A76C0543C15010E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">rs</emphasis>
- rostral.
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<paragraph id="731FA7F2191FA0ED3F86C27327D79206" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Biological notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F29B0FF0181337EDDA2E1959EBCCF08" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
This species lives on
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<emphasis id="B9CA0E5E96B459E42D50A8C9534F8ECC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Plantago lanceolata</emphasis>
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L. In spring, the female lays one egg per developing pyxidium, and each larva consumes the contents of a pyxidium, usually two seeds, without causing externally visible modification. Pupation takes place within the same pyxidium. Adults emerge from the beginning of summer until September. They overwinter in the soil (
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;
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;
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;
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49ECBE08AD863766E08039C292B309F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="2BBAFA9D6601E4A08248D622CA343160" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Remarks and comparative notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0ACC58D5E538125EE6B50DC5C6637AD8" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
This species is one of the most common species in the genus, with a very large range of distribution: Europe, the Caucasian states, the Middle East, central Asia, and Algeria (
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). It has been imported to North America, Australia and New Zealand (
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and Wibmer 1982
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;
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) and recently collected in South Africa (
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). Morphologically, this species is more closely related to other species of the group, i.e.,
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<emphasis id="56F4A1E19A7918CF2807BF6DE408C8B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. latiusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Jacquelin du Val, 1855) and
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<emphasis id="54122BB16BCEC48E99171DC09F66B73D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. ictericus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than to
<taxonomicName id="FD42B6F09E3AE8A13037FE11D792816A" lsidName="M. labilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="labilis">
<emphasis id="142569D0E1232D5D6C50397B2F0EF01D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. labilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
studied herein, and this seems also to be corroborated by the preliminary molecular data (I.
<normalizedToken id="3CE5398262748405CF8A4BD4819F9DBB" originalValue="Toševski">Tosevski</normalizedToken>
, unpublished data). However, the relationships among the immatures of these species are closer than their relationships with all the other species currently known.
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