Hoplopyga Thomson, 1880

Micó, Estefanía, Eugene Hall, W. & Ratcliffe, Brett C., 2001, Descriptions Of The Larvae Of Hoplopyga Singularis (Gory And Percheron) And Hologymnetis Cinerea (Gory And Percheron) With A Revised Key To The Larvae Of New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (2), pp. 205-217 : 207-208

Larvae of Hoplopyga Thomson

The larval description presented here for Hoplopyga singularis (Gory and Percheron) from Brazil is the second for the genus. Hoplopyga brasiliensis (Gory and Percheron) , also from Brazil, was described by Vanin and Costa (1984) and reprinted in Costa et al. (1988). Hoplopyga larvae are most similar morphologically to the larvae of Argyripa species , but they are easily distinguished. In species of Hoplopyga , the last antennal segment has three dorsal sensory spots, and the dorsum of abdominal segment VII has two annulets. In species of Argyripa there are 10–15 dorsal sensory spots and the dorsum of abdominal segment VII has three annulets.

The genus Hoplopyga contains about 20 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina, and it is currently being revised by Ratcliffe. Adults of Hoplopyga have been collected from rotting fruits (especially plantains and bananas), resting on foliage, and in termite nests. Larvae of Hoplopyga are known to feed on rotting wood and other organic debris. Hoplopyga singularis is found in southern Brazil and northern Argentina.