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BIOLOGY OF APHODIUS HYXOS PETROVITZ (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA: APHODIIDAE) AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THIRD LARVAL STAGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J.R. Verdú ,
J.P. Lumaret  and
E. Galante
J.R. Verdú
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
J.P. Lumaret
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Zoogéographie, Université Montpellier III, B.P. 5043. Montpellier CCédex 1, France
E. Galante
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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Abstract

Aphodius hyxos Petrovitz, 1962 was reared in the laboratory and the third-stage larva is described and illustrated. The third-stage larvae and life histories of Aphodius granarius (L.), 1767 and A. hyxos are compared. Adults of A. hyxos are active from late autumn until early spring, whereas adults of A. granarius are active chiefly from early spring to late summer. The larvae of both species may be separated by differences in the distribution of setae on the raster, the shape of the anal lobes, and the size and number of holes in the respiratory plate.

Résumé

L’étude de la larve au 3ème stade et de la biologie d’Aphodius hyxos Petrovitz, 1962 a été effectuée à partir d’exemplaires prélevés dans la partie méditerranéenne de la Péninsule Ibérique. Les données morphologiques et biologiques ont été comparées à celles de l’espèce voisine Aphodius granarius (L.), 1767. L’activité des adultes d’A. hyxos débute à la fin de l’hiver et se pour-quit jusqu’au début de l’été, tandis que celle d’A. granarius est décalée, du début du printemps jusqu’à la fin de l’été. Les larves des deux espèces se distinguent par la distribution et le nombre de soies du raster, la forme des lobes anaux, ainsi que par la taille et le nombre de perforations de la plaque stigmatique.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 129 , Issue 4 , August 1997 , pp. 657 - 665
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1997

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