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Opsimus quadrilineatus
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Larva. Form subquadrate, elongate, slightly tapering; integument thin, white, shining; sparsely covered with fine lemon-yellow hair. Head transverse, gradually widening behind, narrowest in front, exposed surface brown, chitinized excepting hypostoma; clypeus and labrum thin, latter twice as wide as long; mandibles entirely black, shining; antennae very short, retractile, conical, first and second joints broad, second bearing at extremity a longer third and a shorter supplementary joint; ocelli one, white, beadlike, not touching antennae; gena very hairy. Ventral mouth-parts fused to entire width of hypostoma; maxillary palpi two-jointed, last slender, twice as long as second, equal to last labial; lacinia thin, lanceolate, hairy, fringed on inner margin; ligula small, orbicular; gula not distinct. Prothorax slightly depressed; pronotum rectangular, posteriorly dull, finely granulate, anteriorly hairy; lateral sutures complete, no median suture, eusternum triangular, dull; sternellar fold not distinct. Legless. Ampullae dull, not definitely marked, the first three pairs flat, the fourth, fifth and sixth projecting and somewhat bilobed as in Atimia. Spiracles distinct, chitinous-rimmed, thoracic oval, abdominal orbicular. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
- Biology unknown for members of this tribe. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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