Larvae of Neotropical Berosus (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): B. aulus Orchymont, 1941 and B. auriceps Boheman, 1859.

ARCHANGELSKY, M.

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie

Año: 1999 vol. 142 p. 1 - 8

0040-7496

The larval stages of the Neotropical B. aulus Orchymont, 1941 and B. auriceps Boheman, 1859are described and illustrated for the first time; comparative notes between first and third instarlarvae, and information on their biology is included. Morphological characters to differentiatethird instar larvae of B. aulus and B. auriceps from other known New World Berosus larvae arediscussed.