Life History of the Camelthorn Gall Leafhopper, Scenergates viridis (Vilbaste) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)
Figure 15
Oviposition and eggs of Scenergates viridis. (a) Remnants of a female that died in the course of egg laying with her ovipositor inserted under the gall’s inner epidermis. (b) The inner surface of an intact gall valve with yellow eggs partially visible under the plant epidermis; note the conspicuous whitish pruinosity (brochosomes) on the latter. (c) The inner surface of a gall valve soaked in ethanol, with eggs visible underneath the epidermis; note that only some of the embryos have already developed their eyes. (d) The inner surface of a gall valve showing anterior poles of the eggs protruding from oviposition slits. (e) Closeup of an egg tip (lower part of the photo) protruding from under the epidermis (upper part of the photo). (f) Brochosomes on the egg surface. Scale bars: 1 mm ((a)–(c)), 200 μm (d), 5 μm (e), 2 μm (f).
