Morphology of immature stages of Prostomis mandibularis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-370

  Schunger, Isabel ^a   Beutel, Rolf G ^b   Britz, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larva; Larval head anatomy; Morphology; Prostomidae; Prostomis mandibularis; Pupa; SEM; Systematic position; Tenebrionoidea

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PUPA; TAXONOMY;

BORIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INOPEPLIDAE; INSECTA; MYCTERIDAE; OTHNIIDAE; PROSTOMIDAE; PROSTOMIS MANDIBULARIS; PYROCHROIDAE; PYTHIDAE; TENEBRIONOIDEA;

EID: 0141796365     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.057     Document Type: Article

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