Author/Editor		Kos, Ivan
Title		Post-embryonic development of Lithobius validus Meinert (Chilopoda: Lithobiidae)
Type		članek
Source		Acta Zool Hung
Vol. and No.		Letnik 43, št. 4
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 313-22
Language		eng
Abstract		Five larval (L) and 9 post-larval (PL) stadia have been identified in the post-embryonic development of Lithobius validus MEINERT, 1872 (Lithobiidae); specimens caught in nature in Slovenia, as well as those laboratory-reared, were studied. The changes in morphological character currently in use for species identification were followed during development. The characters distinguishing different stadia of the same species are described, as well as those by which the species are mutually distinguished. The larval stadia of L. validus have a different number of legs and antennal articles, but there is only a small difference in body size, and no difference in the number of ocelli. The postlarval stadia are recognized by the number of coxal pores, ocelli, selli, setae on the genital sternites and gonopods, forcipular teeth, body size and spinulation on legs. Comparison of the same stadia reveals that the specimens of L. validus are larger than those of L. forticatus (LINNE). Both species are also distinguished by the number of anternnal articles up to L3, teeth on the forcipular coxosternite up to L1, and the presence of posterior projections on tergites 6, 7 up to L3.
Descriptors		ARTHROPODS LARVA BIOMETRY