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

Rassim Khelifa^a

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 212 (Received: 12 March 2012, Accepted: 27 April 2012)

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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