Egg morphology of Dioctria (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) species known in Turkey

Document Type : Paper, English

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1 Public Health General Directorate of Turkey, Microbiology Reference Laboratories, National Molecular Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey

2 Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

The egg structures of eight Dioctria species known in Turkey, i.e., D. abdominalis, D. arcana, D. cornuta, D. flavipennis, D. hermonensis, D. linearis, D. sudetica, D. valida were examined and described in detail, using the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The material was collected from various habitats such as watersides, forest areas and crop fields within Adana, Aksaray, Mersin, Nigde, Karaman and Konya provinces between 2006 and 2007. Dioctria eggs are characterized as: 1) ovoid in shape and brown in color; 2) operculum at the anterior pole of the egg; 3) one or two micropyles at the center of the operculum; 4) aeropyles scattered in the body region and operculum or only in the former. The eggs were photographed to provide useful information to the systematics of Dioctria genus.

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 40, Issue 2 - Serial Number 82
In English
September 2020
Pages 151-166

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