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Issue: Vol. 2915 No. 1: 13 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2915.1.2
Page range: 20–28
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 4

Immature stages of Homophileurus tricuspis Prell (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with notes on natural history and distribution in Colombia

Instituto de Investigaciones Ambientales del Pacífico, Grupo de Sistemática de Insectos-Agronomía, Museo Entomología UNAB, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudadela Universitaria Bloque 500, Bogotá, COLOMBIA
Systematics Research Collections, W436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, U.S.A.
Coleoptera larvae pupae taxonomy natural history distribution

Abstract

The larva and pupa of Homophileurus tricuspis Prell (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) are described for the first time based on specimens from Colombia. A key to the known third-stage larvae of New World Phileurini species is provided. Notes on the natural history and distribution of H. tricuspis in Colombia are also included.

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