Description of immature stages of Ligyrus nasutus (Burmeister, 1847) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) with information on its biology.

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  • Concepción Ramírez-Salinas El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n.San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 29290 MÉXICO.
  • Cutberto Pacheco-Flores Universidad Intercultural de1 Estado de Guerrero, La Ciénega, Malinaltepec, Guerrero, MÉXICO.
  • Adriana E. Castro-Ramírez El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n.San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 29290 MÉXICO.
  • Miguel Ángel Morón Instituto de Ecología, A.C. A. P. 63 Xalapa, Veracruz.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2010.263803

Keywords:

white grubs, saprophagous larvae, soil fauna, Chiapas, Mexico

Abstract

The third instar larva of Ligyrus nasutus Burmeister is described based on five specimens collected from agricultural fields, where cattle fed with stubble from the previous cycle, and pastures with cattle in Villa Flores, Chiapas, Mexico. The pupa of L. nasutus is also described using specimens obtained from rearing in captivity. Drawings of the diagnostic structures, biological data and a key to the known larvae of the species of Ligyrus are included.

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05-12-2010

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Ramírez-Salinas, C., Pacheco-Flores, C., Castro-Ramírez, A. E., & Morón, M. Ángel. (2010). Description of immature stages of Ligyrus nasutus (Burmeister, 1847) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) with information on its biology. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 26(3), 617–625. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2010.263803
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