title: Description of larva and puparium of Oplodontha rubrithorax (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from the Oriental Region.
abstract: This is the first description of larva and puparium of Oplodontha rubrithorax (Macquart, 1838) from the Oriental Region. Larvae were found at a hot spring in North Thailand. The morphological features and cuticular structures of the larva are documented by drawings and SEM micrographs and the main characters are compared with the European O. viridula (Fabricius, 1775), the only described larva of this genus. Differences between larvae of both species were only found in pubescence. The characteristic, somewhat dilated and slightly clavate hairs on the dorsal surface of the body segments of O. viridula larva are apparently lacking in the larva of O. rubrithorax.
authors.affiliation: Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic.; Email: j.nerudova@centrum.cz.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nerudová
authors.affiliation: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 603 25 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.; Email: damir.kovac@senckenberg.de.
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kovac
authors.affiliation: Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Kotlářská 267/2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.; Email: tothova@sci.muni.cz.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tóthová
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development