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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532016000300933</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2016.07.014</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los estados inmaduros de Phyllophaga heteronycha, P. leonina y P. angulicollis (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Immature stages of Phyllophaga heteronycha, P. leonina and P. angulicollis (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae)]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ángel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[César V.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arce-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>87</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>933</fpage>
<lpage>943</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532016000300933&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532016000300933&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532016000300933&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se describen las larvas de tercer estadio y las pupas de Phyllophaga heteronycha (Bates) y P.leonina (Bates) y la larva de tercer estadio de P.angulicollis (Bates), con ejemplares colectados en suelos de una plantación de Pseudotsuga macrolepis (Pinaceae) establecida a 2,300 m de altitud en Las Vigas, Veracruz, México. Se incluyen diagnosis comparativas de las larvas del primer y segundo estadios de las 3 especies, ilustraciones de las estructuras características, comentarios sobre las similitudes con larvas de otras especies y una clave para la identificación de las larvas de Phyllophaga en México.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Third instar larvae and pupae of Phyllophaga heteronycha (Bates) and P.leonina (Bates), and third instar larva of P.angulicollis (Bates) are described with specimens collected in soils of a Pseudotsuga macrolepis (Pinaceae) plantation, located at 2,300 m in Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. Comparative brief descriptions of larvae of the first and second instars of the 3 species, drawings of diagnostic structures, comments on similarities with other species, and a key to the larvae of Phyllophaga in Mexico are included.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Taxonomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Melolonthini]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Gallina ciega]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pupas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Larvas rizófagas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Suelos forestales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Melolonthini]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[White grubs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pupae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rhizophagous larvae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Forest soils]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
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