Ozerov A.L.1*, Krivosheina M.G.2 2024. To the biology of Acerocnema breviseta (Zetterstedt, 1846) (Diptera: Scathophagidae), with description of immature stages // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.33. No.3: 401–406 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009, Russia.
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
Andrei Ozerov ozerov2455@rambler.ru ORCID 0000-0003-0889-5024
Marina Krivosheina dipteramarina@rambler.ru ORCID 0000-0001-9064-1378
* corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.33.3.13
ABSTRACT. The biology of Acerocnema breviseta (Zetterstedt, 1846) was studied. Larvae were collected in Moscow Region (Russia) in May by the way of sorting the seeds of Corydalis solida (Papaveraceae). Mature larvae at that moment left the fruits before pupation. The morphology of the third instar larva and puparium was studied and described for the first time for the genus and species.
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Scathophagidae, Acerocnema, breviseta, larva, puparium, description, biology.