Description of larva and pupa of Laena haigouica (Tenebrionidae, Laenini) from China based on morphology and four DNA makers

By

Wei, Zhonghua
Ren, Guo-Dong.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

852

Pages

101-109

Subjects

darkling beetle , DNA markers , Laena , larva , Pupa , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.852.32095

 

Abstract

The larvae, pupae, and adults of Laenahaigouica Schawaller, 2001 were collected during recent fieldwork in the Sichuan Province (China). Since the pupal morphology of Laena has never been investigated this created an opportunity to provide the first description. Moreover, prior to this study larval characters of only one species, Laenastarcki Reitter, 1887, were known. Therefore, description of the larva of L.haigouica enabled the first verification of the intrageneric stability of larval characters revealed for other Laena species. Association of the studied immature stages with the adults was confirmed by analysing COI sequences. Additionally, three other loci (16S, Cytb, 28S) were sequenced for L.haigouica during this study.