Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.184984 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231590 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87F2-E273-BF59-FF58-6CEA7BC7FE52 |
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Plazi |
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Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961 |
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Genus Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961 View in CoL View at ENA
Careopalpis is an Old World genus of the tribe Lasiopterini , currently comprising 14 species, all associated with Chenopodiaceae in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Adults are small, stout, and very uniform morphologically. The female ovipositor is characterized by a ventrally curved aculeus, a fusiform apical lamella, and a lateral plate bearing relatively long and curved setae. The ovipositor is shorter than in the related genus Baldratia , the number of antennal flagellomeres rarely deviates from 10 in both sexes, and flagellomeres are never fused. Palpus is one-segmented. Larvae do not have a spatula.
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