Morphology of the First Instar of the House Fly Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Krzysztof Szpila; Thomas Pape

doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[594:MOTFIO]2.0.CO;2

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Krzysztof Szpila,^* Thomas Papehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-0609^**

^*Corresponding author: Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Department of Animal Ecology, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland (e-mail: szpila@biol.uni.torun.pl).
^**Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Scanning electron microscopy documentation of the first instar of Musca domestica L. is presented for the first time. The following morphological structures are documented: antenna, maxillary palpus, facial mask, spinulation, posterior spiracles, anal pad, and integumental micropores. Morphology of the first-instar larva of M. domestica is discussed in light of existing knowledge about early larval instars of Calyptrata flies.

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Krzysztof Szpila and Thomas Pape "Morphology of the First Instar of the House Fly Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 45(4), 594-599, (1 July 2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[594:MOTFIO]2.0.CO;2

Received: 20 February 2007; Accepted: 28 March 2008; Published: 1 July 2008