Description of the Larva of Quaestus (Quaesticulus) Pachecoi (Bolivar, 1915) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Authors: | B. Adamczyk, Kilian, A., Salgado, J. M. |
Journal: | Annales Zoologici |
Volume: | 61 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 691-708 |
Keywords: | cave beetles, chaetotaxy, Cholevinae, classic type of development, classic type of larvae, glands, Iberian Peninsula, larva, Leiodidae, Leptodirini, morphology, Quaestus (Quaesticulus) pachecoi |
Abstract: | Two larval instars of Quaestus (Quaesticulus) pachecoi (Bolivar, 1915) are described and illustrated for the first time. Chaetotaxy, morphology and measurements indicate that the Q. (Q.) pachecoi has a classic type of development with two instars only and larvae belong to a classic type according to the Deleurance-Glaçon classification. |
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