Description of the final instar larva of Calopteryx exul Sélys, 1853 (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Description of the final instar larva of Calopteryx exul Sélys, 1853 (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) 00

Rassim Khelifaa ✉️

  1. Département d’Écologie et du Génie de l’Environnement , Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Guelma, Algeria

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 107-114, 2012

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2012.689944

Published: 1 June 2012 (Received: 12 March 2012, Accepted: 27 April 2012)

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Abstract

The last instar larva of Calopteryx exul Sélys is described and illustrated based on larvae collected from the Seybouse River (northeast Algeria) and reared in the laboratory. A comparative analysis of three other congeneric species is presented.

Keywords: Odonata, damselflies, Calopterygidae, endemic species, endangered, exuvia, taxonomy

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