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Issue: Vol. 3955 No. 1: 1 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.2
Page range: 45–64
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

Comments on the biology of Sciodrepoides watsoni watsoni (Spence, 1813) with descriptions of larvae and pupa (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Conservation of Invertebrates, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland Laboratory of Criminalistics, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, Św. Marcin 90, 61-809 Poznań, Poland.
Coleoptera Staphylinoidea Leiodidae Cholevinae egg larva pupa chaetotaxy Palaearctic

Abstract

The late-instar larva of Sciodrepoides watsoni watsoni is redescribed and the egg, first and second instar and pupa are described for the first time. Immature stages habitus, chaetotaxy, detailed illustrations and details of life cycle are provided. Previous descriptions of larva of S. watsoni are discussed. The structures of larvae of S. watsoni are compared with those of other known larvae of Cholevinae.