DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVAL STAGES OF THE NEOTROPICAL WATER BEETLE HYDRAENA PARTICEPS PERKINS FROM NICARAGUA

Authors
DELGADO JA COLLANTES F SOLER AG
Citation
Ja. Delgado et al., DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVAL STAGES OF THE NEOTROPICAL WATER BEETLE HYDRAENA PARTICEPS PERKINS FROM NICARAGUA, Studies on neotropical fauna and environment, 32(1), 1997, pp. 47-51
Citations number
7
Journal title
Studies on neotropical fauna and environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650521
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
47 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0521(1997)32:1<47:DOTLSO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The three larval instars of Hydraena particeps Perkins, 1981 are descr ibed, based on material collected in the field and reared in the labor atory. Illustrations of structural features and chaetotaxy are provide d. For the first time the three larval instars of one species of the g enus Hydraena are described. Several characters are compared to those of Hydraena hernandoi Fresneda and Lagar from Europe and the North Ame rican Hydraena circulata Perkins.