Research Article
Morphology and Developmental Rate of the Blow Fly, Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Forensic Entomology Applications
Table 2
Comparison of distinctive features of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instar larvae of Hemipyrellia ligurriens.
| Character | 1st instar | 2nd instar | 3rd instar |
| Cephalopharyngeal skeletal: | | | | accessory sclerite of cephalopharyngeal skeletal | Absent | Absent | Present | Posterior spiracle: | | | | button of posterior spiracle | Absent | Absent | Present | peritreme of posterior spiracle | Very weakly pigmented; incomplete peritreme | Weakly pigmented; incomplete peritreme without an interslit projection | Highly pigmented; complete peritreme with an interslit projection | Number of spiracular slit | 2 slits merging ventrally | 2 separated slits | 3 separated slits |
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