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Larva and pupa of Chrysophora chrysochlora (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Luis Carlos Pardo-Locarno
Affiliation:
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 6713, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Miguel-Angel Morón*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Apdo. Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, México
*
2Corresponding author (e-mail: miguel.moron@inecol.edu.mx).

Abstract

The third-instar larva and pupa of the shining leaf chafer, Chrysophora chrysochlora (Latr.), from Cauca, Colombia, are described for the first time. Illustrations of diagnostic structures, modifications in the key to the larvae of the genera of Rutelini in the New World, and data on the biology and distribution of C. chrysochlora in Colombia are included.

Résumé

Nous décrivons pour la première fois la larve de troisième stade et la nymphe du scarabée rutilant, Chrysophora chrysochlora (Latr.), de Cauca, Colombie. Nous incluons des illustrations des structures diagnostiques, des modifications de la clé des larves des genres de Rutelini du Nouveau-Monde et des données sur la biologie et la répartition de C. chrysochlora en Colombie.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2007

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Footnotes

1

Contribution 03 to the project “Aspectos sistemáticos y bioecológicos básicos de los Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) de Colombia”. Post-degree thesis, Universidad del Valle, Sección Entomología, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

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