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., Kozeretska, Iryna A., Convey, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: Communication; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Enterprise Island; Jougla; Jougla Point; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Wiencke; Wiencke Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Belgica antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469298/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34564232; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12090792

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The chironomid midge Belgica antarctica Jacobs is endemic to the western Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands. We provide the first detailed photomicrographic images of the fourth-instar larval head capsule and posterior parapods. We assessed variation in the morphology of...