Larval morphology and anatomy of the parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae), with an emphasis on cephalopharyngeal skeleton and digestive tract.
MICHALKOVÁ, Veronika, Andrea VALIGUROVÁ, Maria Lusia DINDO and Jaromír VAŇHARA
Larval morphology and anatomy of the parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae), with an emphasis on cephalopharyngeal skeleton and digestive tract.
Name in Czech
Larval morphology and anatomy of the parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae), with an emphasis on cephalopharyngeal skeleton and digestive tract.
Authors
MICHALKOVÁ, Veronika (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andrea VALIGUROVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Maria Lusia DINDO (380 Italy) and Jaromír VAŇHARA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Journal of Parasitology, USA, Amer. Soc. Parasitol. 2009, 0022-3395
The endogenous development of the tachinid gregarious larval parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera) has been analyzed in the last larval instar of a factitious host, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera). Study has focused on the parasitoid internal body structures and their changes during the larval development. The 1 and 2 instar larvae are enveloped by host-derived hemocyte capsule attached to the respiratory funnel via an anal hook located between 2 anal lobes. The 3 instar abandons the respiratory funnel and migrates free in the body cavity of the already dead host. The anterior third of the parasitoid body is occupied by cephalopharyngeal skeleton with large salivary glands, massive proventriculus and cerebral ganglia. The extensive digestive tract is differentiated into well-marked individual parts. The abdomen is predominantly filled with the extremely long mesenteron that increases in size during development. The whole body is covered by an apparently thin integument with strong spines.
In Czech
The endogenous development of the tachinid gregarious larval parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera) has been analyzed in the last larval instar of a factitious host, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera). Study has focused on the parasitoid internal body structures and their changes during the larval development. The 1 and 2 instar larvae are enveloped by host-derived hemocyte capsule attached to the respiratory funnel via an anal hook located between 2 anal lobes. The 3 instar abandons the respiratory funnel and migrates free in the body cavity of the already dead host. The anterior third of the parasitoid body is occupied by cephalopharyngeal skeleton with large salivary glands, massive proventriculus and cerebral ganglia. The extensive digestive tract is differentiated into well-marked individual parts. The abdomen is predominantly filled with the extremely long mesenteron that increases in size during development. The whole body is covered by an apparently thin integument with strong spines.
Links
MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time