Abstract
ABSTRACT: The larvae of the grooved whirligig beetle Macrogyrus oblongus (Boisduval, 1835) are described and illustrated including detailed morphometric and chaetotaxic analyses of selected structures. Larvae of Macrogyrus Régimbart, 1882 exhibit the characters traditionally recognised as autapomorphies of the Gyrinidae. The first instars bear egg bursters on the parietal, a potential additional autapomorphy. Putative larval autapomorphies of the tribe Dineutini are the presence of additional setae on the mandible, the absence of the seta TR2, and the presence of pore-like additional structures on the ultimate palpomeres. Macrogyrus larvae differ from those of the other known dineutine genera (Andogyrus Ochs, 1924 and Dineutus MacLeay, 1825) in the absence of a neck constriction and in the distal position of the pore LAc. Other useful characters to distinguish genera within Dineutini are the presence or absence of additional setae on the cardo and coxa, and the posterior margin of the lacinia dentate or smooth.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-98 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Aquatic Insects |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adephaga
- Australia
- Coleoptera
- Gyrinidae
- larva
- morphometry
- sensilla
- whirligig beetles
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Aquatic Science
- Insect Science