The article reports a method of making dried larval specimens of Erythraeidae,ectoparasitism of insect,refreshed for taxonomic study.The dried larvae are let in cuvettes with 50%ethanol.The cuvette plat is then put in...The article reports a method of making dried larval specimens of Erythraeidae,ectoparasitism of insect,refreshed for taxonomic study.The dried larvae are let in cuvettes with 50%ethanol.The cuvette plat is then put into a beaker with water in appropriate amount,fulling to 1/3-2/3 high of the cuvette plat.The beaker is heated until the water boiling,and then stop to heat.After that,the treated larvae are immersed into a container with ethanol-glycerol solution(50%ethanol:glycerol=20:1),and then the container is warmed in a Water-Bath at 60℃for 2h to‘refresh’the larvae.The refreshed larvae are as mollescent as fresh ones and easy to be prepared for morphologic observation and long-term preservation.展开更多
文摘The article reports a method of making dried larval specimens of Erythraeidae,ectoparasitism of insect,refreshed for taxonomic study.The dried larvae are let in cuvettes with 50%ethanol.The cuvette plat is then put into a beaker with water in appropriate amount,fulling to 1/3-2/3 high of the cuvette plat.The beaker is heated until the water boiling,and then stop to heat.After that,the treated larvae are immersed into a container with ethanol-glycerol solution(50%ethanol:glycerol=20:1),and then the container is warmed in a Water-Bath at 60℃for 2h to‘refresh’the larvae.The refreshed larvae are as mollescent as fresh ones and easy to be prepared for morphologic observation and long-term preservation.
