Description of immature stages of Platyvelia brachialis (Stal) (Heteroptera : Veliidae)

Authors
Korch, PP Keffer, SL Winter, E
Citation
Pp. Korch et al., Description of immature stages of Platyvelia brachialis (Stal) (Heteroptera : Veliidae), P ENT S WAS, 101(2), 1999, pp. 372-378
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
ISSN journal
00138797 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
372 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(199904)101:2<372:DOISOP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The five immature instars of the broad-shouldered waterstrider, Platyvelia brachialis, are described for the first time. Of three characters considere d diagnostic for adult Platyvelia only one, patches of silvery setae on the abdominal dorsum, was observed on immatures of P. brachialis.