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

• Published in: Insects
• Main Authors: Michailova, Paraskeva, Ilkova, Julia, Kovalenko, Pavlo A., Gorobchyshyn, Volodymyr A., Kozeretsk, Iryna A., Convey, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Wiencke; Enterprise Island; Wiencke Island; Jougla; Jougla Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Belgica antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530733/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530733/1/insects-12-00792.pdf; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/9/792

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...