Description of larva and redescription of pupa and adult of Palpomyia guarani (Dipetra: Ceratopogonidae)

RONDEROS M. M., SPINELLI, G. R. & DIAZ FLORENTINA

REVISTA DE LA SOCIEDAD ENTOMOLóGICA ARGENTINA

Año: 2004 vol. 63 p. 45 - 54

0373-5680

The larva of Palpomyia guarani Lane, 1946 is described and illustrated by using a phase-constrast and Scanning Electron Microspope, and pupa and adult redescribed by using a phase-constrast stereoscope. Immmatures were collected breeding in a tree hole in Bella Vista, Paraguay. Larvae have character states typical of carnivorous larvae. The species is compared with its similar congener Palpomyia columbiana Kieffer, and this record contitutes the fisrt one from Paraguay.