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- Title
First report of Austroporus doctus (Blackburn) from New Zealand and description of its larva (Coleoptera: Phalacridae).
- Authors
Gimmel, Matthew L.; Leschen, Richard A. B.
- Abstract
The Australian species Austroporus doctus (Blackburn) is reported from New Zealand for the first time. Adults are illustrated and diagnosed, and late-instar larvae are fully described and illustrated. In addition, a summary of prior larval descriptions of Phalacridae is provided. This represents the first description of the morphology and habitat of the larvae within the genus Austroporus Gimmel and the Olibroporus-group of genera. Austroporus doctus is native to eastern Australia, where adults are distinguished from similar species by characters of the male genitalia and by a suite of external morphological features. There are no native members of Phalacridae known from New Zealand, but A. doctus represents the second introduced and established species there. A key is given to differentiate adult and larval A. doctus from the other introduced New Zealand species, Phalacrus uniformis (Blackburn).
- Subjects
INSECT larvae; HABITATS; INSECT morphology; INTRODUCED insects; INSECT development
- Publication
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020, Vol 60, p1
- ISSN
0031-1049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.29