First report of Austroporus doctus (Blackburn) from New Zealand and description of its larva (Coleoptera: Phalacridae)
Author
Gimmel, Matthew L.
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2020
2020-03-04
60
29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.29
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.29
1807-0205
4615243
Key to adults and larvae of
New Zealand
Phalacridae
(some figures from
Thompson & Marshall (1980)
[“TM”])
1. Adult: antennal insertions hidden in dorsal view by continuously arcuate frontal margin of head; scutellar shield large, basal width greater than diameter of eye (TM: fig. 3); metaventral process large, protruding anteriorly, surpassing mesocoxae; elytra uniformly dark brown. Larva: antenna with sensorium present on antennomere 1 (TM:fig. 26); median endocarina absent on head (TM: fig.24);frontal arms meeting at base, forming short epicranial stem (TM: fig. 24); head capsule elongate,narrow (TM: fig.24)........................................ ...........................................................
Phalacrus uniformis
(Blackburn)
— Adult: antennal insertions exposed in dorsal view by emarginations in frontal margin of head (
Fig. 4
); scutellar shield (
Fig. 1
) small, basal width shorter than diameter of eye; metaventral process short, not protruding anteriorly, not surpassing mesocoxae (
Fig. 2
); elytra blackish with central reddish maculation (
Figs. 1
,
3
). Larva: antenna with sensorium present on antennomere 2 (
Fig. 9
); median endocarina present on head (
Fig. 15
); frontal arms independently reaching posterior margin of head capsule, epicranial stem absent (
Fig.15
); head capsule short,wide (
Fig.15
)......................................... ............................................................
Austroporus doctus
(Blackburn)