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Third instar (
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Description. Head (
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). Maximum width of head capsule: 1.82.0 mm. Surface of cranium smooth, with scattered minute punctures, pale yellowish. Frontal and epicranial sutures hidden. Frons with 2 exterior frontal setae, 34 posterior frontal setae, 1 anterior frontal seta, 1 anterior angle seta, 3 dorsoepicranial setae, 89 epicranial setae on each side and 79 setae behind each antennal support. Clypeus with 2 central setae and 4 lateral seta on each side. Labrum nearly symmetrical with rounded lateral margins irregularly bordered, anterior margin projected forward with irregular border, 67 posterior setae, 1 central seta and 34 lateral setae on each side. Stemmata absent. Epipharynx (
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) 1.0
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long, epizygum absent and zygum as a irregular, ovate, reddish yellow plate. Haptomerum weakly raised, with 4 heli; each plegmatia formed by 810 short plegmata; proplegmatia absent. Each acanthoparia with 1012 spinose setae. Dexiophoba and laeophoba absent. Dexiotorma narrowed, slightly sinuose. Laeotorma elongate and narrowed, with sclerotized plate unciform, raised. Sense cone short. Crepis weakly defined. Left chaetoparia with 2830 spinose and medium size setae mixed. Right chaetoparia with 3036 short, stout setae. Mandibles (
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) without ventral stridulatory area; scissorial area in both mandibles without distal blade. Right mandible with 1 small preapical tooth, inner margin simply curved, and distal lobe (M1) of molar area scarcely developed. Calx short. Left mandible with 1 small preapical tooth, inner margin simply curved, brustia moderately setose.Acia absent. Maxillae (
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). Mala with 1 uncus on apex of galea, 3 unci surrounded by 34 stout heli on apex of lacinia; stridulatory area with 8 small teeth with anteriorly directed points. Hypopharyngeal sclerome (
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) asymmetrical with raised and curved projection on the right side. Fourth antennomere elongate, with distal half narrowed, with 1 ovate, dorsal sensory spot on basal half and 2 ventral sensory spots.
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Thorax. Respiratory plates light yellow, scarcely curved, “C” shaped (
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wide, bulla small, slightly raised, rounded, distance between lobes longer than dorso-ventral diameter of bulla; microscopic holes of respiratory plate elongate-oval in outline and arranged in irregular transverse rows. Lateral sclerome of pronotum not defined. Proprescutum with 2022 long setae regularly distributed; proscutum with 89 slender long setae; mesoprescutum with transverse row of 1012 long setae; mesoscutum with 1216 setae; mesoscutellum with row of 810 slender long setae; metaprescutum with transverse row of 1216 mixed short and long setae; metascutum with 1012 setae; metascutellum with transverse row of 1012 mixed short and long setae (
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). Protarsal claws long, narrowed, sharply pointed, with 1 prebasal inner seta and 1 lateral external seta, moderately longer than mesotarsal claws; mesotarsal claws long, sharply pointed, with pre-basal and lateral setae; metatarsal claw short, rounded, with 2 setae, much shorter than mesotarsal claws. Apical metatarsomere shortened, rounded, with ventral side clearly convex.
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Abdomen. Respiratory plates light yellow, slightly curved, “C” shaped; on segments IIV with similar diameter,
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Third instar larva of
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733CFFA5575E1F1DFF61DE61" bold="true" box="[114,203,829,843]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figs. 612.</emphasis>
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611: third instar larva. Maxillae: dorsal view: 6, left. 7, right. Mesial view: 8, left. 9, right. 10, labium and hypopharynx. 11, raster. 12, MALE pupa, lateral view.
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Raster (
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) with each palidia formed by 911 pali, convergent toward basal and distal extremes, septula wide, oval; tegilla with 2026 short, stout setae; campus with 1418 slender, short setae; barbula much more densely setose.Dorsal anal lip with dense vestiture of short setae. Ventral anal lip with scattered short setae toward sides and distal border narrowly notched at middle. Anal slit “Y” shaped. Approximate dorsal body length
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Description: body length
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. Head. Surface glabrous, strongly deflexed; frons convex with two rounded prominences; clypeus widely concave on the center; labrum, mandibles, maxillae and palps discernible; antennal theca briefly expanded, stout with apex rounded; eyes small (
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). Thorax: surface glabrous. Pronotum convex, surface slightly irregular, anterior angles prominent, posterior angles rounded. Meso- and metanotum well-differentiated. Elytral and posterior wing thecae closely appressed, curved ventrally around the body; elytral thecae with irregular depressions and large, prominent, humeral tubercles (
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and
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); thecae of the wings slightly longer than elytral thecae. Protibiae with apical and preapical tubercles clearly developed. Meso and metatibiae with apical tubercle. Abdomen: segments IVI clearly wider and shorter than the distal segments VIIVIII, without dioneiform organs, but segments IIIV with pairs of prominent tubercles and segment V with increased posterior border (
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and
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). Pleural lobes rounded. Spiracle I elongate, with fine peritreme and covered by wing thecae; spiracles IIIV ovate and high, prominent, with narrow sclerotized peritreme; spiracles VVIII closed. Sutures between segments VIII and X not complete, partially fused. Last segment slightly pruinose, without urogomphi.
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733CFFA5560D1B91FE2EDAEA" bold="true" box="[289,388,1969,1984]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figs. 1316.</emphasis>
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. 13, Third instar, lateral view. 1416: male pupa. 14, ventral view. 15, lateral view. 16, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733DFFA4578E1FE0FEAFDEE4" bold="true" box="[162,261,960,974]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Figs. 1721.</emphasis>
Third instar larva of
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. 17, lateral habitus. 18, head, frontal view. Mandibles, ventral view: 19, left. 20, right. 21, epipharynx.
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Last abdominal segment of male with large dorsal and lateral rounded prominences, and genital ampulla ventrally exposed (
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and
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); female without such prominences at the apex of abdomen.
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third instar larvae,
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municipality,
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Comments. The third instar larvae of
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resemble those of
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733DFFA4575D18CFFF4ED829" box="[113,228,1263,1283]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">H. callipyge</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733DFFA4563718CFFED0D829" box="[283,378,1263,1283]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">H. equina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733DFFA4569E18CFFD86D829" box="[434,556,1263,1283]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">H. mexicana</emphasis>
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has 4 heli on haptomerum, and palidia with well-defined septula.
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and
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each have1 helus on the haptomerum and only subtriangular teges of long hamate setae with curved tips. The dense setiferous vestiture on the dorsum of abdominal segments IVI and the sides of the last segment, aid in distinguishing
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from the known larvae of other Mexican melolonthine scarabs. Projections on the humeral area of the elytra and the middle of the abdominal segments of the pupae of both sexes may act as auxiliary supports during pupal development. These projections possibly aid in regulating humidity near the body wall. This
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of structure is also observed in pupae of some
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(
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), and Ceratocanthinae (
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).
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Biology.
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<emphasis id="1E92EACF733DFFA457FE1A79FED1DB47" box="[210,379,1625,1645]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Hoplia mexicana</emphasis>
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is known only from the northern mountains of the Mexican state of
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, at localities with elevations between 2300 and
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. Larvae have been collected in rich organic soil of oak and coniferous forest. Adults are rarely attracted to electric lights during summer, and their host plants are unknown.
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