Dynastes neptunus Quenzel (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae); Descriptions of the Third Instar Larva and Pupa, with Notes on Biology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2004 English Publisher:Coleopterists SocietyJournal:The Coleopterists Bulletin, volume 58, pages 103-110 (issn: 0010-065X, eissn: 1938-4394,

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Authors: Onore, Giovanni; Morón, Miguel-Angel;

doi: 10.1649/609

Dynastes neptunus Quenzel (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae); Descriptions of the Third Instar Larva and Pupa, with Notes on Biology

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Abstract

Abstract The third instar larva and pupa of Dynastes neptunus Quenzel are described using 15 specimens collected in Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Drawings of the diagnostic structures, notes on the biology of this species and a key to the known third instar larvae of the genus Dynastes are included.

Related Organizations

Instituto de Ecología
Mexico
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Ecuador

Keywords

Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Dynastidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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