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Issue: Vol. 5339 No. 2: 29 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.4
Page range: 177-184
Abstract views: 242
PDF downloaded: 92

Description of immature stages of Gamostolus subantarcticus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aenictopecheidae) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Laboratorio de Ecología terrestre. CADIC-CONICET. Bernardo Houssay 200; Ushuaia (V9410)
Laboratorio de Ecología terrestre. CADIC-CONICET. Bernardo Houssay 200; Ushuaia (V9410). ICPA-Universidad Nacional Tierra del Fuego. Fuegia Basket 251. Ushuaia (V9410); Argentina.
FuEDEI; Fundación para el Estudio de las Especies Invasivas. Gral. Simón Bolivar 1559; Hurlingham (1686); Buenos Aires; Argentina.
Hemiptera Enicocephalomorpha nymphal stages unique-headed bugs peat bogs

Abstract

The immature stages of Gamostolus subantarcticus (Berg, 1883) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aenictopecheidae) are described and compared. Main characteristics to distinguish the nymphs from adults are explained, among which we emphasize the relationship between antennal and rostral segments as important characters for their separation.

 

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