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Issue: Vol. 4057 No. 3: 11 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.6
Page range: 399–408
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the immature stages of Pentacomia (Mesochila) smaragdula Dejean 1825) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelinae), with notes on the species distribution

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A1−107, Bloco A, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro − RJ – Brazil.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A1−107, Bloco A, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro − RJ – Brazil.
Coleoptera Atlantic Rainforest larvae Neotropical Region pupae tiger beetle

Abstract

The Atlantic Rainforest is one of the most threatened biomes of the world, with only 11−12 % of its original cover. The Cicindelinae are present in this biome with a relatively high diversity, but data of their immature forms are few. On the basis of six larvae and four pupae of Pentacomia (Mesochila) smaragdula we describe and illustrate the third larval instar of the larva and the pupa of this species. Notes on the species distribution are also given.