Description of immatures of Mesomphalia gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781) and Mesomphalia turrita (Illiger, 1801) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Mesomphaliini)

MARIANNA V. P. SIMÕES; MARCELA L. MONNÉ

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.5.4

Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 5: 17 Sept. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.5.4

Page range: 466–478

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**Description of immatures of Mesomphalia gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781) and Mesomphalia turrita (Illiger, 1801) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Mesomphaliini)**

MARIANNA V. P. SIMÕES⁺⁻
MARCELA L. MONNÉ⁺⁻

Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Research Institute & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, U. S. A. Fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Morphology egg first- and last-instar larva pupa

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Abstract

Immatures of Mesomphalia gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781) and Mesomphalia turrita (Illiger, 1801) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Mesomphaliini) are described based on specimen collections from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The last-instar larva and pupal exuviae of M. gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781) and the eggs, first-instar larva, and pupa of M. turrita (Illiger, 1801) are described, photographed and illustrated, with emphasis on chaetotaxy. Additional notes on their biology are presented.