Description of the Larvae of Three Species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Mexico, with Notes on the Reproductive Behavior of Macrodactylus ocreatus Bates

Agustín Aragón-García; Miguel Ángel Morón; Sara Yunuén Rodríguez-Velázquez; Amada Nayeli Cortés-Meza; Mariana Zarazúa-Carvajal; Miguel Ángel Damián-Huato

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-64.3.193.4

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1 September 2010 Description of the Larvae of Three Species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Mexico, with Notes on the Reproductive Behavior of Macrodactylus ocreatus Bates

Agustín Aragón-García, Miguel Ángel Morón, Sara Yunuén Rodríguez-Velázquez, Amada Nayeli Cortés-Meza, Mariana Zarazúa-Carvajal, Miguel Ángel Damián-Huato

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The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64(3):193-200 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-64.3.193.4

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Third instars of Macrodactylus mexicanus Burmeister, Macrodactylus nigripes Bates, and Macrodactylus ocreatus Bates are described from specimens collected from soil in corn fields at Chignahuapan, Puebla and La Malinche, Tlaxcala, and from soil in an amaranth grain field at Zapotitlán Salinas, Puebla. Illustrations of diagnostic structures, comparative comments with similar species, and a key to known third instars of Macrodactylus Dejean in Mexico are included. Data on the habits and reproductive behavior of M. ocreatus in nature and in captivity are also provided.

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Agustín Aragón-García, Miguel Ángel Morón, Sara Yunuén Rodríguez-Velázquez, Amada Nayeli Cortés-Meza, Mariana Zarazúa-Carvajal, and Miguel Ángel Damián-Huato "Description of the Larvae of Three Species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Mexico, with Notes on the Reproductive Behavior of Macrodactylus ocreatus Bates," The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(3), 193-200, (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-64.3.193.4

Received: 10 March 2010; Accepted: 18 June 2010; Published: 1 September 2010

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