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Issue: Vol. 1713 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1713.1.3
Page range: 39–46
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 4

Immatures of Lamprosoma amethystinum Perty, 1832 (Chrysomelidae, Lamprosomatinae)

Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, 04218-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Caixa Postal 28, 13012-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Coleoptera Ceiba Chorisia Lamprosoma larvae Oomophus Psidium cattleianum Terminalia catappa

Abstract

The larva and pupa of Lamprosoma amethystinum Perty, 1832, collected on Terminalia catappa L., are described and illustrated. Biological notes and a comparison among the immatures of Lamprosoma are included. A comparison between the larvae of L. amethystinum Perty and Oomorphus concolor (Sturm) is also presented.

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