Description of the larvae and pupae of eight species of the tribe Sitonini Gistel, 1848 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Central Europe
Author
Sprick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-28
4324
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401
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journal article
31941
10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.1
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1175-5326
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Charagmus gressorius
(Fabricius, 1792)
(
FIgS 27–29b
)
Body
. LeNgTH: 7.5–9.4 MM, MAXIMUM WIDTH (AT THe leVel OF PROcOXAe): 4.3–5.0 MM, HeAD WIDTH (AT THe leVel OF eYeS): 1.3–1.5 MM, PROTHORAX WIDTH (AT WIDeST PlAce): 1.8–2.0 MM (♀, ♂). EYeS SlIgHTlY cONVeX. BODY MODeRATelY elONgATe, RATHeR SleNDeR, WHITe.
PRONOTUM
TRAPeZIUM-SHAPeD, APPROXIMATelY 1.3 TIMeS
AS
WIDe
AS
lONg. MeTANOTUM A lITTle lONgeR
THAN
MeSONOTUM. AbD. I–VI OF AlMOST eQUAl leNgTH, AbD. VII SeMIcIRcUlAR, AbD
. VIII NARROW, AbD. IX ReDUceD, DISTINcTlY SMAlleR THAN OTHeR SegMeNTS. UROgOMPHI SHORT, TRIANgUlAR, WeAklY ScleROTIZeD.
Chaetotaxy
. SeTAe ON HeAD OF UNeQUAl leNgTH AND SHAPe, bROWN OR DARk bROWN, ROSTRUM AND THORAX HAIR-lIke, bASeD ON PROTUbeRANceS, ON AbDOMINAl SegMeNTS HAIR- OR THORN-lIke, PlAceD ON DISTINcT PROTUbeRANceS. ROSTRUM WITH FOUR PAIRS OF
rs
1-4
; HeAD cAPSUle beARINg 1
vs
, 3
sos
1-3
, 2
os
1-2
AND 2
pas
1-2
, eAcH MANDIbUlAR THecA WITH A SMAll SeTA (
mts
) (
FIgS 27b, 29b
). PRONOTUM WITH 2
as
1-2
, 2
ds
1-2
,
ls
, 2
sls
1-2
AND 2
pls
1-2
(
FIgS 28b, 29b
). All SeTAe OF PROTHORAX PlAceD ON SMAll PROTUbeRANceS, SHORT, eQUAl IN leNgTH (eXcePT
ls
, THAT IS A lITTle SMAlleR THAN THe ReMAININg SeTAe). CHAeTOTAXY OF MeSOTHORAX cONSISTINg OF 4 PAIRS OF SHORT
d
1-4
, PlAceD MeDIAllY AND ANTeROMeDIAllY (
FIg. 28b
). MeTATHORAX WITH 5 PAIRS OF SHORT SeTAe, DISTRIbUTeD RATHeR IRRegUlARlY. TeRgAl PARTS OF AbD. I–VII eAcH WITH 7 PAIRS OF SeTAe (5 PAIRS AlONg THe POSTeRIOR MARgIN, TWO lATeRAllY). SeTAe NO. 1, 3, 5 AND 6 A lITTle bIggeR THAN THe ReMAININg. AbD. VIII WITH 5 PAIRS OF SeTAe, DIFFeReNT IN leNgTH, AlONg THe POSTeRIOR MARgIN, AND ONe PAIR PlAceD ceNTRAllY (
FIgS 28b, 29b
). EAcH AbD. I–VIII WITH 2 PAIRS OF
l
1-2
, PlAceD clOSe TO THe bORDeR OF TeRgUM (
FIg. 29b
). STeRNAl PARTS OF eAcH AbD. IV–VIII WITH 3 PAIRS OF VeRY SHORT
v
1-3
, lOcATeD POSTeRIORlY (
FIgS 27b, 29b
). AbDOMINAl DORSAl SeTAe gRADUAllY INcReASINg IN SIZe FROM AbD. I TO VIII. AbD. IX VeNTRAllY WITH 2 PAIRS OF SHORT SeTAe, PlAceD MeDIAllY; NeXT 2 SeTAe lOcATeD DORSAllY (
FIgS 27b, 29b
). EAcH UROgOMPHUS beARS A PAIR OF MODeRATelY elONgATe SeTAe.