Morphological evidence from immature stages further suggests Lignyodina being close to Tychiina (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Tychiini)
Author
Caldara, Roberto
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-18
4320
3
426
446
journal article
32078
10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.2
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Key to immature stages of the tribe
Tychiini
ThE fOLLOWINg kEyS ARE bASEd ON ThREE (TEchNIcALLy, fOuR) kNOWN dEScRIPTIONS Of IMMATuRE STAgES Of ThE gENuS
Lignyodes
(SEE AbOvE KEy TO ThE IMMATuRES Of ThE SubgENERA Of ThE gENuS
Lignyodes
), SIX
Sibinia
SPEcIES (SkuhROvEc
et al.
2015) ANd 17
Tychius
SPEcIES (SkuhROvEc
et al.
2014). FuRThER cOMMENTS ARE REPORTEd IN ThE DIScuSSION (SEE ALSO
TAbLE 4
).
LARvAE
1.
Frons with very long
fs4
and short or very short
fs5
. Meso- and metathorax with 4
pds
. Abdominal segments I–VII with 5
pds
.............................................................................................
Lignyodes
- Frons with long
fs4
and
fs5
. Meso- and metathorax with 2–3
pds
. Abdominal segments I–VII with 2–4
pds
..............
2
2.
Labium with 3
pms
..............................................................................
Tychius
- Labium with only 2
pms
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Sibinia