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LUGO-GARCIA, Gabriel Antonio; CUATE-MOZO, Víctor Alfonso; ARAGON-GARCIA, Agustín  y  SANCHEZ-PORTILLO, Juan Fernando. Description of the third instar larva and pupa of Pelidnota lugubris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2019, vol.90, e902898.  Epub 04-Mar-2019. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2898.

The third instar larva and pupa of Pelidnota lugubris LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) are described based on specimens collected in deciduous tropical forest soils in Ocolome, municipality of El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico. Illustrations of diagnostic structures and a key to the known third-stage larvae of Pelidnota species are included.

Palabras llave : Saprophagous; Morphology; Taxonomy; White grubs.

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