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      Description of immature stages of Hoplia mexicana Harold and H. squamifera Burmeister (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Hopliinae)

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          ABSTRACT Third stage larvae and pupae are described based on specimens collected in Mexico: Oaxaca (Cerro Zempoaltepetl), and Chiapas (Amatenango), respectively. Pupal characters are described for the first time for American Hopliinae. Habitus images and figures of diagnostic characters as well as comments on the differences between these larvae and those of Hoplia callipyge LeConte, 1856 and H. equina LeConte, 1880, the only Hopliinae larvae previously known in New World, are also included.

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          El género Phyllophaga en México: Morfología, distribución y sistemática supraespecífica (Insecta: Coleoptera)

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              Descripción de los estados inmaduros de tres especies de Anomala, Ancognatha y Ligyrus (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae y Dynastinae) con observaciones de su biología

              Se describen las larvas de tercer estadio de Anomala inconstans Burmeister, Ancongnatha sellata Arrow y Ligyrus (Ligyrodes) sallei Bates, con base en 35 larvas procedentes de suelo con cultivo de maíz, composta doméstica, hojarasca de bosque y estiércol de borrego en las montañas del norte de Chiapas, y de composta de pulpa de café en las montañas del centro de Veracruz, México. También se describen las pupas de A. sellata y L. (L.) sallei obtenidas durante el desarrollo de las larvas en cautiverio. Se incluyen ilustraciones de los caracteres diagnósticos y datos sobre el ciclo de vida, se comentan sus semejanzas con otras especies afines, y se anexa una clave para identificar algunas larvas de Melolonthidae comunes en los suelos de Los Altos de Chiapas, México.
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                rbent
                Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
                Rev. Bras. entomol.
                Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
                1806-9665
                March 2016
                : 60
                : 1
                : 1-7
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Instituto de Ecología Mexico
                [2 ] Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Mexico
                [3 ] Colegio de la Frontera Sur Mexico
                [4 ] Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Mexico
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                S0085-56262016000100001
                10.1016/j.rbe.2015.11.012
                deaa57cb-28cd-4b3a-9481-18c3dc426698

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                ENTOMOLOGY

                Entomology
                Biology,Morphology,Pupae,Taxonomy,White grubs
                Entomology
                Biology, Morphology, Pupae, Taxonomy, White grubs

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