Chinavia musiva

(Figs. 5, 6, 68–72; Tab. 2)

Eggs barrel-shaped, almost cylindrical, green; operculum circular and convex; chorion surface almost smooth and translucent after hatching of nymphs; aero-micropylar processes white and oblong, clavated at apex (Fig. 5). With the development of the embryo, the egg becomes dark green and with dark red eyes, two median red strips, and dark brown ruptor ovis become visible (Fig. 6) (Matesco et al. 2008a).

In SEM, chorion of C. musiva eggs shows a granulated sculpture pattern (Fig. 68): it is nearly smooth, without depressions, but with tumid, circular areas scattered over all surfaces (Figs. 69, 70). There were no differences in chorion sculpture in different areas of egg; the operculum limit—the eclosion line—is marked by a furrow in the chorion (Fig. 68). Aero-micropylar processes are oblong, with a short cylindrical stalk that decreases in diameter toward base, and a long and wide apical portion, with a subapical hole (Fig. 71). Even in small magnification (Fig. 71), the spongy texture of aero-micropylar processes surface can be observed (Fig. 72).