Ozerov A.L.1*, Krivosheina M.G.2 2026. Biology and morphology of immature stages of five species of the genus Cordilura (Diptera: Scathophagidae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.35. No.2: 267–278 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Lomonosov Moscow 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.
* corresponding author
Andrey Ozerov: ozerov24455@yandex.ru ORCID 0000-0003-0889-5024
Marina Krivosheina: dipteramarina@rambler.ru ORCID 0000-0001-9064-1378
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.35.2.19
ABSTRACT. The morphology of three instar larvae and puparia of five species of the genus Cordilura (Diptera: Scathophagidae): C. aberrans (Becker, 1894), C. ciliata (Meigen, 1826), C. picipes (Meigen, 1826), C. pudica (Meigen, 1826) and C. rufimana (Meigen, 1826) was studied. The morphology of the preimaginal stages of four species (except C. pudica) is described in this paper for the first time. Data on the biology of the studied species are presented. Larvae and puparia were collected in the Moscow Region from the stems of three species of sedges of the genus Carex (C. vesicaria, C. rostrata, C. riparia).
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Scathophagidae, Cordilura, larva, puparium, description, biology, Carex, Palaearctic.