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Description of the larva and pupa of Nasiternella regia Riedel, 1914 (Diptera: Pediciidae) from Slovakia, with notes on ecology and behaviour

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The previously unknown larvae and pupae of Nasiternella regia Riedel, 1914 (Diptera, Pediciidae) are described and illustrated from specimens collected in water-filled tree holes in deciduous forests in Slovakia. Brief comments on their ecology and behaviour are provided. Comparisons are made to the larvae of Nasiternella varinervis (Zetterstedt, 1851) as described by Krivosheina (2009).

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  1. Department of Biology and General Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University, T. G. Masaryka 24, SK-96053, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Jozef Oboňa

  2. Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. Svobody 26, CZ-77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Starý

  3. Olomouc & Silesian Museum, Tyršova 1, CZ-74601, Opava, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Starý

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Oboňa, J., Starý, J. Description of the larva and pupa of Nasiternella regia Riedel, 1914 (Diptera: Pediciidae) from Slovakia, with notes on ecology and behaviour. Biologia 68, 345–350 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-013-0149-7

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