dc:title"Larval Descriptions Of Eight Species Of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) With A Key For Identification And Notes On Biology";
dc:description"Figs. 1–14. Megasoma pachecoi, third instar. 1) Head, frontal view; 2) epipharynx; 3–4) mandibles, ventral view, 3) right and 4) left; 5) right maxilla and hypopharynx, dorsal view; 6) detail of unci of lacinia; 7) detail of maxillary stridulatory area; 8–9) distal segment of antenna, 8) dorsal view and 9) ventral view; 10–11) left tarsal claws, external views, 10) middle and 11) posterior; 12) second left abdominal spiracle; 13) detail of bulla of spiracle, ventral view; 14) microstructure of respiratory plate (5003). Figs. 1–5, bar ¼ 1 mm. Figs. 6–13, bar ¼ 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figs. 67–75. Megasoma elephas, third instar. 67) Head, frontal view; 68) epipharynx; 69–70) mandibles, ventral view; 69) right and 70) left; 71) right maxilla and hypopharynx, dorsal view; 72) detail of maxillary stridulatory area; 73) distal segment of antenna, dorsal view; 74) right posterior tarsal claw, external view; 75) second right abdominal spiracle. Fig. 76. Megasoma elephas, first instar, second right abdominal spiracle. Figs. 67–71, 75, bar ¼ 1 mm. Figs. 72–74, 76, bar ¼ 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figs. 29–40. Megasoma thersites, third instar. 29) Head, frontal view; 30) epipharynx; 31–32) mandibles, ventral view, 31) right and 32) left; 33) distal part of right maxillary mala; 34) detail of maxillary stridulatory area; 35) right maxilla and hypopharynx, dorsal view; 36–37) distal segment of antenna, 36) dorsal view and 37) ventral view; 38) left posterior tarsal claw, external view; 39) second right abdominal spiracle; 40) microstructure of respiratory plate (5003). Figs. 29–32, 35, bar ¼ 1 mm. Figs. 33–34, 36–39, bar ¼ 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figs. 16–26. Megasoma punctulatus, third instar. 16) Head, frontal view; 17) epipharynx; 18–19) mandibles, ventral view, 18) right and 19) left; 20–21) mandibles, dorsal view, 20) left and 21) right; 22) left maxilla and hypopharynx, dorsal view; 23–24) distal segment of antenna, 23) dorsal view and 24) ventral view; 25) left posterior tarsal claw, external view; 26) second right abdominal spiracle. Figs. 16–22, bar ¼ 1 mm. Fig. 26, bar ¼ 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figs. 43–54. Megasoma vogti, third instar. 43) Head, frontal view; 44) epipharynx; 45) left maxilla and labium, ventral view; 46–47) mandibles, ventral view, 46) right and 47) left; 48–49) mandibles, dorsal view, 48) left and 49) right; 50) detail of maxillary stridulatory area; 51) distal segment of antenna, dorsal view; 52) left posterior tarsal claw, external view; 53–54) second right abdominal spiracle, 53) lateral view and 54) left ventrolateral view. Figs. 43–49, bar ¼ 1 mm. Figs. 50–54, bar ¼ 0.5 mm.";
