关键词: 双翅目, 麻蝇科, 污蝇属, 陈氏污蝇, 幼虫

Abstract: This paper deals with the larva of Wohlfahrtia cheni Rohd., 1956, for the first time. The adult fly was collected from Subei County, Gansu Province, China. In a test tube the gravid female deposited the larvae. The detailed descriptions anl figures of the lst and 3rd instar larva are given in the paper.First instar: Thoracic segment 1 to abdominal segment 5 each bordered by a complete band of spines at the anterior margin. Abdominal segments 4 to 7 each bordered posteriorly by a complete band of spines. Cephalopharyngeal sclerite is large and heavily pigmented: dental sclerite not separated from basal part of mouth-hook.Third instar: The surface of thoracic segment 3 to abdominal segment 8 completely encircled with well developed knob-shaped microtubercles. Anterior spiracles: with 10 to 12 braches, openings of spiracles arranged in a row. Posterior spiracles: peritreme thin, poorly pigmented, without projection between slits.