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Issue: Vol. 3914 No. 3: 28 Jan. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.3.5
Page range: 318–330
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of the immature stages of Platycrepidius dewynteri Chassain (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae, Platycrepidiini) from Brazil with a synopsis of the larval characters of Agrypninae tribes

Instituto de Recursos Naturais da Universidade Federal de Itajubá. Av. BPS, 1303, 37500-185, Itajubá - MG.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Post-graduating program. Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, 04218-970, São Paulo-SP.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, 101, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Agrypnini bromeliad Anaissini Euplinthini Hemirhipini larva Neotropical region Oophorini Platycrepidiini Pseudomelactini pupa Pyrophorini Tetralobini Werauhia

Abstract

Mature larva and pupa of Platycrepidius dewynteri Chassain are described, from Pará state, Brazil. Biological notes under laboratory conditions and comparison with P. bicinctus Candèze are also included. Additionally, we present a synopsis and a morphological comparative study based mainly on literature of the known mature larvae of the Agrypninae genera.