Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Munguira, Miguel L.
Martín, José
García-Barros, Enrique
Shahbazian, Gayaneh
Cancela, Juan Pablo
Zootaxa
2015
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9CJMM
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Hubner
Hubner
[238,451,1933,1959]
Insecta
Lycaenidae
Agriades
Animalia
Lepidoptera
32
233
Arthropoda
genus
( Fig. 22E, F and 23)
The annular zone is reduced, surrounded by very small, profound cells with a hexagonal or rounded form and undulated walls in Agriades glandon(Prunner)( Fig. 22F). In A. zullichiHemming, the micropylar rosette has four petals with a central ridge and the rest of the annulus has cells decorated at the bottom with elongated outcrops ( Fig. 23B). These outcrops are present in A. zullichibut not in A. glandon. The cells that surround the annular zone are less profound in A. zullichithan those of A. glandonin the few examples that have been studied. In both species the tubercle-aeropyle area consists of polygonal or rounded cells and a greater number of tubercles when further away from the annular ring. Tubercles are small, blunt and have an aeropyle at the end ( Figs. 22E and 23A).