External Morphology of Larvae of Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900 (Diptera, Chironomidae) Obtained from Two Locations in Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Insects
• Main Authors: Paraskeva Michailova, Julia Ilkova, Pavlo A. Kovalenko, Volodymyr A. Gorobchyshyn, Iryna A. Kozeretska, Peter Convey
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: antennae; mouthparts; clypeus; pecten epipharyngis; posterior parapods; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Enterprise Island; Jougla; Jougla Point; The Antarctic; Wiencke; Wiencke Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Belgica antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12090792

The external morphology of the fourth-instar larva of the Antarctic endemic chironomid midge Belgica antarctica is described. Larvae were collected from Jougla Point (Wiencke Island) and an un-named island close to Enterprise Island, off the coast of the western Antarctic Peninsula. Light microscopy...