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Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Larva. Form robust, cylindrical, tapering. Head broad behind, tapering rapidly to a narrow front; mouth-frame scarcely corneous; epistoma thick, abruptly protuberant, wrinkled; clypeus small; labrum large, very thick, oblong, rectangular; mandibles tapering to apex, broad at base, yellowish basal piece as wide as piceous, shining distal piece; second joint of antennae, about as long as wide, covered with minute fine pubescence; one small ocellus, prominent, distinctly separated from antennae. Gena not shouldered, covered with very fine short pubescence, as is also the front of the head. Ventral mouth-parts fleshy; palpifer and maxillary palpus pubescent; joints of maxillary palpi subequal, first transverse, third slender, equal to la.-t labial; process of palpifer very minute; ligula so small as to be concealed. Prothorax sparsely covered with very short line hairs; pronotum posteriorly embossed and irregularly closely striate, median suture impressed behind: sternellar fold not passing beyond spiracles. Legs of three large globular joints and a short spine-like tarsus. Spiracles oval, peritreme thick. 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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