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THE MATURE LARVA AND PUPA OF COMPSOBATA UNIVITTA (DIPTERA: MICROPEZIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. J. Teskey
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Mature larvae and puparia of Compsobata univitta (Walker) found beneath a pile of decaying vegetation by a stream near Austin, Man., are described and compared with immatures of other Micropezidae.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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