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Issue: Vol. 5047 No. 2: 29 Sept. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.2.4
Page range: 153-164
Abstract views: 477
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Identification of larvae of two Aphodius Helwig, 1798 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) species using morphology and DNA barcode

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Chromas Research Resource Center, Saint-Petersburg State University, Oranienbaumskoe hwy. 2-5, Saint-Petersburg 198504, Russia.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Coleoptera scarab beetles larvae southern Russia DNA barcode COI SEM

Abstract

The third instar larvae of Aphodius (Alocoderus) hydrochaeris (Fabricius, 1798) and A. (Bodilus) ictericus (Laicharting, 1781) are described based on scanning electron microscopy and COI sequences. COI barcode sequence for A. (A.) hydrohaeris is provided for the first time. Two haplotypes are discovered in A. (B.) ictericus.

 

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