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<mods:namePart>Gosik, Rafal</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Skuhrovec, Jiri</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Caldara, Roberto</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Tosevski, Ivo</mods:namePart>
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Mecinus peterharrisi 
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&amp; Caldara, 2013
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Material examined.</paragraph>
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25 L3 larvae and 20 pupae, Mecedonia, Prilep, 25.07.2017, (
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="north" minutes="17.354" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="41.289234">41°17.354'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
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, 618 m.) ex 
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, lgt. I. 
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. Accession numbers of sequenced specimen MN992004.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Description of mature larva</paragraph>
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(Figures 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Mecinus peterharrisi mature larva, habitus and chaetotaxy A habitus of the body and frontal view of the head B lateral view of thoracic segments C lateral view of abdominal segment I D lateral view of abdominal segments VII-X. Abbreviations: Th. I-III - number of thoracic segments, Abd. I-X - number of abominal segments, setae: as - alar, ds - dorsal, eps - epipleural, eus - eusternal, lsts - laterosternal, pda - pedal, pds - postdorsal, prns - pronotal, prs - prodorsal, ps - pleural, ss - spiracular, sts - sternal, ts - terminal." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419888" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">34A-D</figureCitation>
, 
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). 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Measurements</emphasis>
(in mm). Body length: 2.00-3.75. Body width (metathorax and abdominal segments I-II): 0.65-1.00. Head width: 0.35-0.43.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Body</emphasis>
(Figure 
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) yellowish, very slender. Chaetotaxy weakly developed, setae extremely short, difficult to observe. Prothorax (Figure 
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) with nine short 
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; two short 
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and one short 
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Meso- and metathorax (Figure 
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) with one short 
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, two short 
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, one short 
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, three minute 
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, one short 
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, one short 
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and one short 
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Pedal area with four short 
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Abdominal segments I-VIII (Figure 
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) with one short 
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, three short 
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arranged along the posterior margin, two minute 
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, two short 
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, one short 
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, one short 
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and two short 
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Abdominal segment IX (Figure 
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) with two 
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located close to the posterior margin, one short 
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and two short 
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Each of anal lobe with two minute setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 34.</emphasis>
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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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lateral view of abdominal segment I 
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lateral view of abdominal segments VII-X. Abbreviations: Th. I-III - number of thoracic segments, Abd. I-X - number of abominal segments, setae: 
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- alar, 
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- dorsal, 
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- epipleural, 
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- eusternal, 
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- laterosternal, 
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- pedal, 
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- postdorsal, 
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- pronotal, 
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- prodorsal, 
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- pleural, 
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- spiracular, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">sts</emphasis>
- sternal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ts</emphasis>
- terminal.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Head capsule</emphasis>
(Figures 
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, 
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) pale yellow, distinctly narrowed bilaterally. Frontal suture well visible. 
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very long, equal in length; 
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three times shorter than other 
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as long as 
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, 
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and 
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very short, 
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long. 
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shorter than 
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; two 
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and four 
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very short (Figure 
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). Two stemmata of different size. Antennae (Figure 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Mecinus peterharrisi 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, sa - sensillum ampullaceum, 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.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419889" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">35B</figureCitation>
) with sensorium (Se) conical, thrice as long as wide, located medially, and three sensilla of different types: one sa and four sb. Clypeus (Figure 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Mecinus peterharrisi 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, sa - sensillum ampullaceum, 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.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419889" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">35C</figureCitation>
) trapezium-shaped, anterior margin slightly concave; 
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medium; 
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clearly visible. Labrum (Figure 
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) with sinuate anterior margin; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs1</emphasis>
very long, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs2</emphasis>
shorter than 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs1</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs3</emphasis>
three times shorter than 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs1</emphasis>
. Epipharynx (Figure 
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) with three relatively long, finger-shaped 
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of almost equal length; two rod-like 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ams</emphasis>
, equal in length; two rod-like 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mes</emphasis>
of medium length; surface smooth; labral rods short, rounded. Mandibles (Figure 
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) conical, wide, with a small protuberance in the middle of the cutting edge; both 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mds</emphasis>
capilliform, relatively long, equal in length, placed mediolaterally. Maxilla (Figure 
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) with one 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">stps</emphasis>
and two 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pfs</emphasis>
of equal length; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mbs</emphasis>
very short; mala with six finger-like 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms</emphasis>
different in length (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms1,2</emphasis>
medium, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms3-6</emphasis>
long to very long), five 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">vms</emphasis>
different in length. Maxillary palpi: basal palpomere wider than distal, both of almost equal length. Prelabium (Figure 
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) close to oval-shaped with one very long 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">prms</emphasis>
; ligula with two 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ligs</emphasis>
of equal length; premental sclerite clearly visible, U-shaped. Postlabium (Figure 
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) with short 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms1</emphasis>
, long 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms2</emphasis>
, and short 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms3</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419889" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 35" startId="F35">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 35.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Mecinus peterharrisi</emphasis>
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mature larva, head and mouth parts 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
head, frontal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
antenna 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
clypeus and labrum, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">D</emphasis>
epipharynx 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">E</emphasis>
left mandible 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">F</emphasis>
maxillolabial complex, ventral aspect. Abbreviations: 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">at</emphasis>
- antenna, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">clss</emphasis>
- clypeal sensorium, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">des</emphasis>
- dorsal epicranial, lr - labral rods, sa - sensillum ampullaceum, sb - sensillum basiconicum, Se - sensorium, st - stemmata, setae: 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">als</emphasis>
- anterolateral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ams</emphasis>
- anteromedial, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">cls</emphasis>
- clypeal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">dms</emphasis>
- dorsal malar, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">fs</emphasis>
- frontal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ligs</emphasis>
- ligular, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">lrs</emphasis>
- labral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ls</emphasis>
- lateral epicranial, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mbs</emphasis>
- malar basiventral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mds</emphasis>
- mandibular, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mes</emphasis>
- median, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">mxps</emphasis>
- maxillary palp, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pes</emphasis>
- postepicranial, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ves</emphasis>
- ventral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pfs</emphasis>
- palpiferal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pms</emphasis>
- postlabial, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">prms</emphasis>
- prelabial, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">stps</emphasis>
- stipal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">vms</emphasis>
- ventral malar.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Description of pupa</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
(Figure 
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). 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Measurements</emphasis>
(in mm). Head width: 0.36-0.43. Body width: 0.83-1.50. Body length: 2.46-3.66.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Body</emphasis>
elongated, slender, white. Rostrum slender, about five times as long as wide, reaching up to mesocoxae. Antennae slender and moderately elongated. Pronotum 1.1 times as wide as long. Urogomphi (ur) very short, conical, with sclerotised apex, reaching outline of the body, directed downward (Figure 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
sparse, setae very short, equal in length. Head with one 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">os</emphasis>
. Rostrum with one 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">rs</emphasis>
placed medially. Setae on head and rostrum straight, as long as those on prothorax (Figure 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. Mecinus peterharrisi pupa habitus and chaetotaxy A ventral view B lateral view C dorsal view. Abbreviations: Th. I-III - number of thoracic segments, Abd. I-IX - number of abdominal segments, ur - urogomphi, setae: as - apical, d - dorsal, ds - discal, fes - femoral, l - lateral, os - orbital, pls - posterolateral, rs - rostral, sls - superlateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419890" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">36A</figureCitation>
). Pronotum with one 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ds</emphasis>
, one 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">sls</emphasis>
and three 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pls.</emphasis>
Dorsal parts of meso- and metathorax with three setae placed medially. Abdominal segments I-VIII with one seta laterally, two very short setae ventrally and three setae dorsally, placed along posterior margin. Abdominal segment IX with two micro-setae ventrally. (Figure 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. Mecinus peterharrisi pupa habitus and chaetotaxy A ventral view B lateral view C dorsal view. Abbreviations: Th. I-III - number of thoracic segments, Abd. I-IX - number of abdominal segments, ur - urogomphi, setae: as - apical, d - dorsal, ds - discal, fes - femoral, l - lateral, os - orbital, pls - posterolateral, rs - rostral, sls - superlateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419890" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">36B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.939.50612.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/419890" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 36" startId="F36">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 36.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Mecinus peterharrisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
pupa habitus and chaetotaxy 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
ventral view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
lateral view 
<emphasis 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, ur - urogomphi, setae: 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">as</emphasis>
- apical, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">d</emphasis>
- dorsal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">ds</emphasis>
- discal, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">fes</emphasis>
- femoral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">l</emphasis>
- lateral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">os</emphasis>
- orbital, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">pls</emphasis>
- posterolateral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">rs</emphasis>
- rostral, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">sls</emphasis>
- superlateral.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Biological notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
This species is known only from the southwest region of North Macedonia and northwestern part of Greece following the distribution of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plantaginaceae" genus="Linaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Linaria dalmatica subsp. macedonica" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="dalmatica" subSpecies="macedonica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Linaria dalmatica macedonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Griseb.) D.A. Sutton, as well as from sparse populations of 
<taxonomicName authority="dalmatica" lsidName="L. dalmatica subsp. dalmatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="subSpecies" species="dalmatica" subSpecies="dalmatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">L. dalmatica dalmatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Mill. present at the Montenegrin Sea coast in the vicinity of Kotor Bay (
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et al. 2014
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). Adults appear in the field at the beginning of March and aggregate on young growing shoots, causing significant damage to the shoot points and apical leaves. Like 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. laeviceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="laeviceps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. laeviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the larvae develop within short larval tunnels, and the newly emerged adults remain and feed in the pupal chamber until mid-August. Adults overwinter in the soil close to the host plant.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Remarks and comparative notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
This species, found only in the Balkans (Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro) as above reported, is very similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. laeviceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="laeviceps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. laeviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from which it differs by the body being more robust and usually longer, the integument of the pronotum more distinctly bluish, and the penis with longer tip. Moreover, the vestiture is usually formed by slightly broader scales and is therefore generally more distinct. As reported in the remarks on 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. heydenii" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="heydenii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">M. heydenii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in the keys, the study of the immatures has revealed other interesting differences between these three species that are very useful for their separation.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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