THE FIRST-INSTAR LARVAE OF MELOE AFER AND M-OCCULTUS, WITH A CLARIFICATION OF ANTENNAL STRUCTURE IN LARVAL MELOE (COLEOPTERA, MELOIDAE)

Authors
PINTO JD BOLOGNA NA
Citation
Jd. Pinto et Na. Bologna, THE FIRST-INSTAR LARVAE OF MELOE AFER AND M-OCCULTUS, WITH A CLARIFICATION OF ANTENNAL STRUCTURE IN LARVAL MELOE (COLEOPTERA, MELOIDAE), The Coleopterists bulletin, 47(4), 1993, pp. 340-348
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Coleopterists bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0010065X
Volume
47
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
340 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-065X(1993)47:4<340:TFLOMA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The first instar larvae of Meloe (Treiedous) afer Bland, and M. (Melee ) occultus Pinto and Selander are described and compared to other memb ers of their subgenus. Antennal segment II and its associated sensory organ are important in the systematics of the genus Melee. SEM study h as clarified the structure of these features and corrects certain prev ious misconceptions.