First known larva of omicrine genus Psalitrus d'Orchymont (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)
Author
Minoshima, Yusuke N.
text
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.34300
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.34300
1860-1324-1-107
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Psalitrus
d'Orchymont
, 1919
Diagnosis.
Larva of
Psalitrus
can be distinguished from other known omicrine larvae (
Omicrus
Sharp, 1879,
Peratogonus
, and unidentified larva of
Noteropagus
or
Paromicrus
) by: (1) nasale with four distinct teeth; (2) asymmetrical median projection on nasale absent; (3) epistomal lobe absent; (4) mentum very deeply emarginate dorsally; and (5) legs four-segmented.
The
Psalitrus
larva is also similar to other terrestrial sphaeridiine larvae; however, it can be distinguished by the addition of following combination of characters: (1) coronal line absent; (2) PA6 and PA13 absent; (3) antennomere 2 with a small basal additional pore dorsally; (4) antennal sensorium slender, long; (5) mandibles almost symmetrical, both mandibles with two teeth; (6) MN1 close to MN2; (7) MN2-4 forming a triangular group; (8) maxillae symmetrical; (9) maxilla with well-sclerotised inner appendage; (10) submentum without large lateral extension; (11) labium without hypopharyngeal lobe; (12) LA10 stout seta; (13) legs short, four-segmented; and (14) median lobe of spiracular atrium with median emargination posteriorly.