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Larval features illuminating adult taxonomy? Case study in the European cardinal beetle species of the genus Pyrochroa (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Magnolia Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- Larvae of the two European species of the genus Pyrochroa (P. coccinea and P. serraticornis) are redescribed, for the first time based on Italian samples, and new relevant and distinctive characters have emerged from P. serraticornis. Particularly, the presence of a single urogomphal pit between urogomphi (representing a new condition for the entire family), and new characters of mandibles, open new questions about the current taxonomic status of the European species.
- Subjects :
- Insecta
Arthropoda
Zoology
Biology
Larval morphology
Time based
Cardinal beetle
P. coccinea
Pyrochroidae
larva
Tenebrionoidea, cardinal beetle, P. coccinea, P. serraticornis, larval morphology, urogomphi
Genus
Animalia
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
P. serraticornis
Tenebrionoidea
Urogomphi
animals
Coleoptera
Europe
Taxonomy
Larva
Biodiversity
biology.organism_classification
Animal Science and Zoology
Taxonomy (biology)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3f3f94175a0be5498ac760bdbad295d8