Meliboeus, Prokhorov & Gubin, 2019

Prokhorov, Alexey V. & Gubin, Oleksandr I., 2019, Description of the larva of Meliboeus morawitzi (Semenov, 1905) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 4668 (1), pp. 115-125 : 122

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D46EB940-4A18-4F0F-BF58-972DC96A0766

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5933079

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/684D8796-FFCB-C934-C881-FAD6FA4CF80C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Meliboeus
status

 

Key to the Meliboeus View in CoL View at ENA larvae

1 Pronotum with single pronotal groove, which slightly bifurcate posteriorly; anal segment without setae; host plants: Quercus View in CoL spp..................................................................... M. (s.str.) fulgidicollis (Lucas 1846)

- Pronotum with two pronotal grooves ( Figs 18, 19 View FIGURES 18–21 , 28 View FIGURES 26–31 , 34 View FIGURES 32–37 ), anal segment with setae ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22–25 ); host plants: herbaceous plants.. ................................................................................................... 2

2 Pronotal grooves straight and parallel in anterior half, weakly diverging and curved in posterior half; prementum with large triangle-shaped microsetal area, extending about 3/4 distance from anterior margin of prementum to imaginary line connecting the bases of apical setae of corner sclerites of prementum; host plants: Carduus View in CoL spp., Carlina View in CoL spp., Cirsium View in CoL spp., Cousinia View in CoL spp., Echinops View in CoL spp.,? Eryngium View in CoL spp., Onopordon spp............................ M. (Meliboeoides) parvulus (Küster, 1852) View in CoL

- Pronotal grooves evenly diverging to posterior margin of pronotum ( Figs 18, 19 View FIGURES 18–21 , 28 View FIGURES 26–31 , 34 View FIGURES 32–37 ); prementum with microsetal area of another shape........................................................................................ 3

3 Anterior margin of prementum convex ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3–8 , 31 View FIGURES 26–31 ); prementum with triangle-shaped microsetal area, extending about half or third distance from anterior margin of prementum to imaginary line connecting the bases of apical setae of corner sclerites; host plants: Artemisia View in CoL spp.,? Centaurea View in CoL spp.,? Clinopodium View in CoL spp.,? Helichrysum View in CoL spp.......... M. (s.str.) graminis (Panzer, 1799) View in CoL

- Anterior margin of prementum almost straight ( Figs 6, 8 View FIGURES 3–8 , 12, 16, 17 View FIGURES 9–17 , 37 View FIGURES 32–37 ); prementum with microsetal area of another shape.. ................................................................................................... 4

4 Posterior border of microsetal area of prementum strongly sinuous, extending about half distance from anterior margin of prementum to imaginary line connecting the bases of apical setae of corner sclerites, with deep median notch ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 3–8 , 37 View FIGURES 32–37 ); host plant: Tanacetum vulgare View in CoL ................................................. M. (s.str.) subulatus (Morawitz, 1861) View in CoL

- Posterior border of microsetal area of prementum almost straight extending about 1/4 distance from anterior margin of prementum to imaginary line connecting the bases of apical setae of corner sclerites ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3–8 , 16 View FIGURES 9–17 ); host plants: Artemisia View in CoL spp.............................................................................. M. (s.str.) morawitzi (Semenov, 1905) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

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