The first known larva of the Australian genus Mystropomus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae)

Andrea Di Giulio; Wendy Moore

doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2009.00698.x

The first known larva of the Australian genus Mystropomus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae)

Andrea Di Giulio, Wendy Moore

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Abstract

The monogeneric subtribe Mystropomina Chaudoir (Carabidae: Paussinae: Ozaenini) contains two species endemic to Australia: Mystropomus subcostatus Chaudoir and Mystropomus regularis Bänninger. In this paper, we describe and illustrate the larva of M. subcostatus providing the first larval description in this subtribe, thereby filling an important gap in our knowledge of paussine larval morphology. We compare the structural features of this larva with the other known larvae in the subfamily and provide an identification key to larvae of Australian paussine genera. We find no external structural features that indicate that this larva lives with ants, as do many other members of the carabid beetle subfamily Paussinae.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	140-148
Number of pages	9
Journal	Australian Journal of Entomology
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.2009.00698.x
State	Published - May 2009

Keywords

Australia
Flanged bombardier beetle
Mystropomus
Ozaenini

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Agronomy and Crop Science
Insect Science

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The first known larva of the Australian genus Mystropomus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae)

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