Description of the third instar larva of Saccharoscaptus laminifer (Dechambre) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae)

Autor: Miguel Ángel Morón
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Vol 61, Iss 4, Pp 354-358 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0085-5626
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbe.2017.07.004
Popis: The larva of pentodontine S. laminifer is described for first time based on specimens collected under roots of sugarcane in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Diagnostic structures are illustrated and the differences and similarities with other previously described larvae of South American genera of Pentodontini are outlined. A key to the larvae of some American genera of pentodontines is included. Keywords: Morphology, Taxonomy, Biology, White grubs, Sugarcane
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