Tauber Catherine A
Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601 and Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA 95616.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2014 Jul 10;3835(2):198-208. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.2.2.
Although Apochrysinae is considered an important, ancient clade of Chrysopidae, its immature stages are very poorly known. Larvae are rarely seen, and descriptions are limited to the third instar of only one species in the genus Apochrysa. Herein, the larvae (all instars) of a second species, Apochrysa voeltzkowi (Weele), are described, and the features of the two Apochrysa species are compared with those of other chrysopids. The results provide support (one potential synapomorphy) for a phylogenetic relationship between Apochrysinae and Nothochrysinae and additional support for two synapomorphies previously proposed for Nothochrysinae. Diagnostic larval characteristics are proposed for the genus Apochrysa, and species-specific features are identified for the two known Apochrysa larvae.
尽管草蛉亚科被认为是草蛉科一个重要的古老分支，但其幼虫阶段却鲜为人知。幼虫很少被发现，相关描述仅限于草蛉属中仅一个物种的三龄幼虫。在此，描述了第二个物种韦氏草蛉（Apochrysa voeltzkowi (Weele)）的幼虫（所有龄期），并将这两个草蛉属物种的特征与其他草蛉的特征进行了比较。研究结果为草蛉亚科和新草蛉亚科之间的系统发育关系提供了支持（一个潜在的共衍征），并为先前提出的新草蛉亚科的两个共衍征提供了额外支持。提出了草蛉属幼虫的鉴别特征，并确定了两种已知草蛉幼虫的物种特异性特征。
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