Characterization and Morphologically Identification of Scavenger Syrphid (Insecta: Diptera) Pupae Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Study

Authors

  • Bristi Roy
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
  • Jayita Sengupta
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
  • Atanu Naskar
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
  • G. P. Mandal
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
  • Dhriti Banerjee
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172519

Keywords:

Hoverflies, immature stages, SEM, scavenger, spiracle

Abstract

The preimaginal stages of hoverflies have a range of feeding habitats benefiting the ecosystem in plenty ways: control aphid population on crop plants, scavenger, and predator in the ant nest, decomposer of organic matter, etc. Indeed, studies on Indian syrphid fauna have long been restricted only to the morpho-taxonomy of the adult stage. The present study has identified, characterize, and elucidate scavenger syrphid pupae collected from the different habitats of Gangetic Plains using a Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) study. The ultrastructural morphology of the pupal spiracle (shape, size, surface nature, and extensions from the surface) has been found to hold the diagnostic key to species.

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2023-07-01

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Roy, B., Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Mandal, G. P., & Banerjee, D. (2023). Characterization and Morphologically Identification of Scavenger Syrphid (Insecta: Diptera) Pupae Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Study. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(2S), 235–244. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172519

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Volume 123, Issue 2S, Special Issue 2023

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