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ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 409-417Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697577
Keywords
Coleoptera; larval morphology; nesting behaviour; parental care
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- Charles University Grant Agency [GAUK 119 209]
- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic [MSMT CR - 0021620828]
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Larva of the fruit beetle Dicronocephalus wallichi bourgoini Pouillaude 1914 is described and illustrated. The following unique morphological characters within Cetoniinae are discussed: shape of claw, spindle-shaped last antennomera, general body shape. The presence of metathoracic eggbursters in the first instar larva has been found. Its significance for distinguishing the first instar larvae of Cetoniinae is discussed. The nesting behaviours of D. wallichi bourgoini and D. adamsi (Pascoe 1863) are described. The course of the life cycle of both species under laboratory condition is presented and discussed.
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