Goliathini, Hope, 1831

Nogueira, Guillermo, Morón, Miguel-Angel, Fierros-López, Hugo-Eduardo & Navarrete-Heredia, José-Luis, 2004, The Immature Stages of Neoscelis Dohrni (Westwood) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini) with Notes on Adult Behavior, The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (2), pp. 171-183 : 172-173

Key to the Known Third Stage Larvae of Goliathini

1- Palidia present. Tarsungulus cylindrical or with short, falcate apical process - - - - - 3

1 9 Palidia absent. Tarsungulus with large falcate apical process - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

2- Last antennal segment with 2 dorsal sensory spots. Tarsungulus with 2 setae. Maximum width of head capsule 4.7 mm. South Africa, Zimbabwe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hypselogenia geotrupina Billberg

2 9 Last antennal segment with 3–5 dorsal sensory spots. Tarsungulus with 4 setae. Maximum width of head capsule 4.3–4.5 mm. South Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anisorrhina flavomaculata (Fab.)

3- Tarsungulus with short falcate process apically. Ocelli present - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

3 9 Tarsungulus cylindrical, rounded apically. Ocelli absent or weakly defined - - - - - - - 6

4- Scissorial area of left mandible with 3 teeth. Scissorial area of right mandible with 2 teeth. Palidia almost parallel, each palidium with 11–13 pali. Respiratory plate of spiracle of 8th abdominal segment slightly smaller than preceeding respiratory plates. Nigeria, Sierra Leona, Togo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gnathocera trivittata Swed.

4 9 Scissorial area of left mandible with 4 teeth. Scissorial area of left mandible with 2–3 teeth. Palidia oval, each palidium with more than 13 pali. Respiratory plate of spiracle of 8th abdominal segment as large as preceeding respiratory plates - - - - - - 5

5- Last antennal segment with 4–7 dorsal sensory spots. Each palidium with 30–34 pali. Ocelli pigmented. Maximum width of head capsule 3.1–3.3 mm. Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dyspilophora trivittata (Schaum)

5 9 Last antennal segment with 6–8 dorsal sensory spots. Each palidium with 33–38 pali. Ocelli white. Maximum width of head capsule 4.7–5.0 mm. Zimbabwe, South Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Plaesorrhinella plana (Wiedermann)

6- Palidia divergent posteriorly, each palidium with 7–9 pali. Tarsungulus with 6 setae. Maximum width of head capsule 4.6 mm. Ethiopia - - Eudicella aethiopica Müller

6 9 Palidia almost parallel, convergent anteriorly or posteriorly, each palidium with 10–13 pali. Tarsungulus with 9–15 setae - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7

7- Last antennal segment with 9 dorsal sensory spots. Septula elongate, 3 times longer than wide. Tarsungulus with 14–15 setae. Maximum width of head capsule 3.6 mm. Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Uganda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chlorocala africana smaragdina (Voet)

7 9 Last antennal segment with 3 dorsal sensory spots. Septula narrowed, 6 times longer than wide. Tarsungulus with 9–11 setae. Maximum width of head capsule 6.8 mm. Western México - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Neoscelis dohrni (Westwood)