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Issue: Vol. 4061 No. 5: 11 Jan. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.8
Page range: 585–595
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

Descriptions of the mature larvae for two species of Pseudopyrochroa from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae), with notes on their natural history

Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Entomology, National Chung-Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan.
Coleoptera Pseudopyrochroa carinifrons Pseudopyrochroa fainanensis larvae Taiwan

Abstract

Field collections and rearing have established the first species-level associations for larvae of Pyrochroidae from Taiwan. Larvae of Pseudopyrochroa carinifrons and Pseudopyrochroa fainanensis were collected from beneath bark and in coarse, decaying woody debris of dead logs and successfully reared to the respective adult stages. The mature larvae are described and salient features are illustrated. Notes on larval habitats and natural history are also provided.

 

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