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Issue: Vol. 4227 No. 2: 2 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.2.3
Page range: 196–218
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 2

Larval and pupal descriptions of Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) species from Ecuador

Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain.
Fundación Otonga, Apartado 17-03-1514A, Quito, Ecuador
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy
Coleoptera larvae pupae Anomala Callistethus Ecuador

Abstract

The third instars are described and illustrated for five Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) species from Ecuador: Anomala balzapambae Ohaus, 1897, A. popayana Ohaus, 1897, A. valida Burmeister, 1844, Callistethus buchwaldianus (Ohaus, 1908), and C. levii (Blanchard, 1851). The pupae of three Ecuadorian species are also described and illustrated: A. discoidalis Bates, 1888, A. popayana, and C. levii. Diagnostic characters of the species are provided. A key to the known larvae of Anomalini from the New World is provided, which now includes five genera and 31 species.

 

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