LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF Tramea transmarina euryale SELYS, 1878 (INSECTA: ODONATA)

Chee Yen Choong

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The objective of the study was to record the larval development of Tramea transmarina euryale Selys, 1878. The eggs of T. transmarina euryale were incubated until larval emergence in the laboratory. The eggs were collected from an egg-laying female at a pond in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Campus, Selangor, Malaysia. The fresh eggs were in yellow colour with a mean length of 0.46±0.01 mm and mean width of 0.37±0.01 mm. The egg incubation period needed at least seven days. The larval development of T. transmarina euryale consisted of 12–14 stadia. The rudimentary wing sheaths appeared at the 7th instar. The larvae turned into a greenish yellow colour in the last few instar stages. The whole larval development took 50–62 days to complete. The duration of larval development in T. transmarina euryale is generally short if compared to the other Libellulidae species. The information of larval development until adult stage of T. transmarina euryale is important for the breeding and conservation purposes, as well as its potential to be applied as biological control agent.


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