Morphology of immature stages of Paraegidium costalimai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) and remarks on egg-busters in Scarabaeidae first-instar larvae
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Sousa, Rafael Clayton de Jesus e
Author
Fuhrmann, Juares
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2020
2020-03-04
60
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.13
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Key to third instar of
Orphninae
known larvae
1 Epipharynx without plegmatia and corypha not prominent; lacinia with 1 or 2 unci (never with 3 tips); posterior area of ligula with thin setae; anal slit sinuate (
Aegidiini
) ................................................................2
– Epipharynx with plegmatia and corypha anteriorly prominent; lacinia with 3 unci (or 1 tridentate uncus); posterior area of ligula with stout setae, these setae are distinctly wider than anterior setae; anal slit Y-shaped (
Orphnini
)...........................................................................3
2 Lacinia with 1 uncus; abdominal spiracles decreasing progressively in diameter posteriorly; metapretarsus with rounded and reduced apex (
Mexico
).............................................
Aegidium cribratum
Bates,1887
– Lacinia with 2 unci (
Figs. 31
-35); abdominal spiracles I-IV distinctly larger than V-VIII (
Figs. 45-52
); metapretarsus with well-developed and acuminated apex (
Figs.38, 41
) (
Brazil
) ......................................... ..........................................
Paraegidium costalimai
Vulcano
et al.,
1966
3 Surface of labrum without transverse carinae;stridulatory area of stipes with 14-15 acute teeth ......................................................................4
– Surface of labrum with two transverse carinae;stridulatory area of stipes with 20 acute teeth
(
Hybalus
)
............................................................ 5
4 Surface of labrum not trilobate and with small tubercles irregularly distributed (
Italy
)...............
Chaetonyx robustus liguricus
Mariani,1946
– Surface of labrum trilobate and without irregular distributed tubercles (
Madagascar
).................................
Triodontus nitidulus
(Guérin,1844)
5 Clypeus with two externoclypeal setae; apex of galea with 2-3 setae distinctly larger than outer setae;hypopharyngeal sclerome tridentate (
Italy
).............................................................
H.benoiti
Tournier,1864
– Clypeus with one externoclypeal seta;apex of galea with similar shaped setae;hypopharyngeal sclerome bidentate (
Morocco
)......................... ....................................................................
H. rotrouni
Petrovitz,1964