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Morphology of the immature stages of Meligethes aeneus (F.) and M. viridescens (F.) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. Osborne
P. Osborne
Affiliation:
Edinburgh School of Agriculture, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, 9
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Experimental evidence is given to show that only two larval instars occur during the development of Meligethes aeneus (F.) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) under laboratory conditions in Scotland, based on the facts that there is only one moult and only one increase in head-capsule width. The egg, first- and second-instar larvae, prepupa and pupa of M. aeneus are described and compared with the corresponding stages of M. viridescens (F.). The larvae of the two species are differentiated for the first time by the arrangement of dorsal cuticular tubercles, the size and form of the urogomphi and the width of the head capsules.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , May 1965 , pp. 747 - 759
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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