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Issue: Vol. 3949 No. 4: 29 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.4.3
Page range: 515–539
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of immatures of Chelymorpha reimoseri Spaeth, 1928 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Mesomphaliini)

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassidinae Mesomphaliini Chelymorpha reimoseri egg larva pupa Neotropics

Abstract

Immature stages of Chelymorpha reimoseri Spaeth, 1928 are described in detail, including line drawings, chaetotaxy, sculpture of integument, and SEM photos of morphological details. It is the first detailed description of immatures in the genus Chelymorpha Chevrolat, 1836 and the fourth in the tribe Mesomphaliini Chapuis, 1875 which include chaetotaxy of the body. Diagnostic characters for this species in comparison with other described larvae and pupae of the genus Chelymorpha are discussed. Some remarks on the biology of Ch. reimoseri, are also given.