- Title
- The larva of Rhinocoeta sanguinipes (Gory and Percheron 1833) (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae) description and phylogenetic inferences
- Creator
- Smith, Tamara J, Perissinotto, Renzo, Villet, Martin H
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 1998
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/453942
- Identifier
- vital:75299
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1998.10539365
- Description
- The genus Rhinocoeta Burmeister 1842 is unusual among cetoniines, as adults do not feed on flowers or fruits. The biology and ecology of the genus are still completely unknown, and only for three of the six species representing the group have adults of both sexes been described. No information is available for the larval stages of any of the species. Here, we present the first discription of the third instar larvae of one of the species, Rhinocoeta sanguinipes (Gory and Percheron 1833). Cladistic analysis of larval characters confirms the primitive phylogenetic position of this species relative to a small sample of other South African cetoniines, and supports the hypothesis that the genus might belong in the subtribe Xiphoscelidina rather than the Cetoniina, thereby constituting part of a relict lineage derived directly from the most primitive Cetoniinae.
- Format
- 10 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Tropical Zoology, Smith, T. J., Perissinotto, R., and Villet, M. H. (1998). The larva of Rhinocoeta sanguinipes (Gory and Percheron 1833) (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae): description and phylogenetic inferences. Tropical Zoology, 11(2), 225–234. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1998.10539365, Tropical Zoology volume 11 number 2 225 234 1998
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