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Classification ........Paraheterosternus Morón, 1983


Paraheterosternus ludeckei
Photo by M. L. Jameson
Distribution of Paraheterosternus ludeckei.
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Superfamily.....
Family............. Subfamily.......
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Subtribe.........
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Rutelini
Heterosternina
 
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Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Sinaloa).

 

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. 1983. A revision of the subtribe Heterosternina (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Rutelinae). Fol. Ent. Mexicana 55:31-101.
Morón, M. A. and G. Nogueira. 2000. Third stage larva and pupa of Paraheterosternus luedeckei (Becker) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae; Rutelinae). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 73(1): 62-67.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Biological Data: Found in humid pine-oak or cloud forests between 950-1950 m. Adults attracted to lights and live in tree tops. Males do not use enlarged hind legs during copulation. Females lay eggs in rotten logs of Quercus rogosa Nee, and larval development is probably 2 years. Third instar larva was collected July 15/16, pupation took place between March 23- April 30, and the adult emerged between April 29-May 30 (Morón and Nogueira 2000).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Temporal Distribution: July-October.

 

Larvae: Described by Morón 2000.

 

Composition: 1 species .

 

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P. luedeckei (Becker)

 
 
 
 
 
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