Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

The second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis is redescribed and illustrated. Dimorphic characters are presented. It is shown that in both sexes of this species the numbers of long macroducts differ in specimens from different host-plants.

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Main Author: Podsiadło Elżbieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-03-01
Series:Polish Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0002
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spelling doaj-2499948656584827849390b7d62edeba2021-09-05T14:01:03ZengSciendoPolish Journal of Entomology 2299-98842019-03-01881152310.2478/pjen-2019-0002pjen-2019-0002Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)Podsiadło Elżbieta0Department of Zoology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786Warsaw, PolandThe second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis is redescribed and illustrated. Dimorphic characters are presented. It is shown that in both sexes of this species the numbers of long macroducts differ in specimens from different host-plants.https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0002hemipteradiaspididaesecond instarmorphologysexual dimorphism
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Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
Polish Journal of Entomology
hemiptera
diaspididae
second instar
morphology
sexual dimorphism
author_facet Podsiadło Elżbieta
author_sort Podsiadło Elżbieta
title Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
title_short Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
title_full Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
title_fullStr Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
title_full_unstemmed Morphology of the second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
title_sort morphology of the second instar of diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (curtis, 1843) (hemiptera: diaspididae)
publisher Sciendo
series Polish Journal of Entomology
issn 2299-9884
publishDate 2019-03-01
description The second instar of Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis is redescribed and illustrated. Dimorphic characters are presented. It is shown that in both sexes of this species the numbers of long macroducts differ in specimens from different host-plants.
topic hemiptera
diaspididae
second instar
morphology
sexual dimorphism
url https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0002
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