Megymenum spinosum (Burmeister, 1834)

Lis, Jerzy A., 1991, On The Last Instar Larvae Of Some Dinidoridae Species (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea), Annals Of The Upper Silesian Museum (Entomology) 2, pp. 83-92 : 9-10

Megymenum spinosum (Burmeister, 1834) —

fig. 8

Description

Head light brown with brown or blackish brown puncture-like spots and patches, paraclypei longer than clypeus and joined if front of it; anteocular teeth sharply pointed and obliquely directed; eyes brownish grey; antennae 4-segmented, dark brown, 1st segment not extending beyond apex of head, 2nd flattened, 3rd flattened and somewhat dilated; rostrum light brown, reaching mid-coxae. Pronotum similarly coloured as head, anterior border slightly concave, wider than head; lateral margins crenulated. Scutellum and wing pads same coloured as pronotum. Legs yellowish brown, tibiae with brown spots and patches, tarsi 2-segmented. Venter yellowish brown with brown and red puncture-like spots and patches; spiracles black. Dorsum yellowish brown, with brown or red puncture-like spots; areas around abdominal scent gland orifices darker than the rest of dorsum; connexival areas shiny, yellowish with red puncture-likę spots and blackish margins. Body length 11,0 mm; body width 7,8 mm.

Material examined

SRI LANKA: Ceylon , 1 larva ( JAL),

Figures

Figs 7—8. Last instar larvae of: 7 — Condius xanthopterus, 8 — Megymenum spinosum.