Abstract
The mature larva of Stenelmis puberula Reitter is described for the first time, based on material collected in north-eastern Slovakia (Central Europe). The conspecificity with associated adults was tested using sequences of one nuclear (5' end of 18S rRNA) and three mitochondrial gene fragments (two fragments covering almost the whole cytochrome oxidase c subunit I; and a fragment of cytochrome b) with a total of ca. 2600 bp.References
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