A description of preimaginal stages of Pseudaspidapion botanicum Alonso-Zarazaga & Wang, 2011 (Apionidae, Curculionoidea)

By

Wang, Zhiliang
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
Zhou, Da-Kang
Zhang, Runzhi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

260

Pages

49-59

Subjects

Apionidae , Biology , larva , Morphology , Pseudaspidapion botanicum , Pupa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.260.4450

 

Abstract

The preimaginal stages including egg, mature larva and pupa of Pseudaspidapion botanicum Alonso-Zarazaga & Wang, 2011 were described and figured, diagnostic characters of larva and pupa were discussed, and corresponding biological information was supplied. The nomenclature of frontal setae in the larva compared with curculionid weevils, the absence of the hypopharyngeal bracon in the larva, and the metafemoral setae in the pupa were discussed. Common and different characters among the larvae of P. botanicum, Aspidapion radiolus (Marsham, 1802) and A. aeneum (Fabricius, 1775) were also provided.