Description of the final stadium larvae of African Gomphidia (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Ole Müllera, Viola Clausnitzerb, Karsten Grabowc, Graham Vickd, Frank Suhlinge

  1. Libbenichen, Germany
  2. Halle, Germany
  3. Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
  4. Tadley, UK
  5. Institut für Geoökologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 233-241, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2005.9748255
Published: 1 October 2005 (Received: 14 March 2005, Accepted: 6 July 2005)

Abstract

Descriptions and illustrations of the final stadium larvae of Gomphidia bredoi, G. gamblesi and G. quarrei are presented, based on exuviae collected in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Kenya and Namibia. The three species can be separated by the presence/absence and shape of an abdominal dorsal spine on segment 9, by the numbers of abdominal lateral spines and by several characteristic processes on the head.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Gomphidia bredoi, G. gamblesi, G. quarrei, larval description

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