Larval descriptions of three Dromica species with some bionomical remarks (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)

By

Schüle, Peter
Putchkov, Aleksandr
Markina, Tatiana

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1044

Pages

511--525

Subjects

Diagnostic remarks , Ecology , Morphology , South Africa , Tiger beetle larvae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.61993

 

Abstract

Larvae of all instars of Dromica (s. str.) kolbei (W. Horn, 1897), D. (s. str.) alboclavata Dokhtouroff, 1883 and instar I of D. (s. str.) helleri (W. Horn, 1897) are described and figured in detail. The larvae of these species have several unique morphological characters. The shape of the pronotum, appendages of abdominal segment V and the peculiarities of chaetotaxy are of taxonomic importance. The main diagnostic characters to separate these species from each other and from other known Dromica larvae are given and discussed. Some bionomical peculiarities of D. (s. str.) kolbei are presented.