Description of the immature stages of nine species of Veturius (Coleoptera: Passalidae) Author Salazar-Niño, Karen Author Serrão, José Eduardo text Zootaxa 2015 3925 1 94 108 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.6 08e0d80e-3aae-411c-acb9-450bbb4ae133 1175-5326 232510 2249FA36-09F3-4A85-A79B-7564A187CCEE Veturius ( Vetur ius ) sinuatocollis Kuwert, 1890 ( Figs. 1 d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5) Third instar . Body : length 40.0 mm, width (prothorax) 8.5 mm ; covered with tiny, stout setae; prosternal setae present; presence of other setae in the lateroventral part of the abdominal segments I–IX. Primary setal pattern: 4–5 HPA, 1 PD, 3 PSL, 1 MSD, 2–3 MSL, 1 MTD, 2 MTL, 1 TM, 1 TSM, 1 TL, 1 AV9 ( Table 2 ). Head : without uniform pile of short, golden setae; epicranial suture short; frontal sutures extended to the base of the antennae; width of head capsule 6.0 mm ( Fig. 1 d). Mandibles with micro-asperities and setae in the ventral base ( Fig. 5 ). Maxillary stipes with 16 micro-conical projections ( Fig. 2 d). Legs : pars stridens (mesocoxae) length 1040.56 µm, width 951.52 µm, distance into striate 20.00 µm, 43 striae; mesocoxae and metacoxae with 2 internal setae. Metathoracic legs with some short medial and lateral setae and with tiny stout setae in the posterior areas; anterior margin with 6 teeth, I and III–VI well developed and gradually decreasing in size, II is the smallest tooth ( Fig. 3 d). Abdomen : raster with setae; anal ring with 17–21 setae; anal slit T-shaped ( Fig. 4 d). Distribution. Species is distributed from northwest Chiapas, Mexico to southern Ecuador ( Boucher 2006 ). Material examined. COLOMBIA , CHOCO, Quibdó, Tutunendó, Corregimiento Pacorita, 40 m , vii.2011 . Reyes-Castillo & Jiménez-Ferbans ( 3 specimens ).