Description of the mature larva and pupa of Menephilus medius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Stránky	341-348
DOI	10.37520/aemnp.2025.026
Klíčová slova	Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, darkling beetles, decaying wood, immature stages, larva, natural history, polypore, pupa, China, Asia
Citace	JIANG, Ri-Xin, LONG, Jian-Kun, CHANG, Zhi-Min, CHEN, Xiang-Sheng a YANG, Lin. Description of the mature larva and pupa of Menephilus medius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2025, 65(2), 341-348. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.026. ISSN 0374-1036 (print), 1804-6487 (online). Dostupné také z: https://www.nm.cz/periodicke-publikace/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/65-2/description-of-the-mature-larva-and-pupa-of-menephilus-medius-coleoptera-tenebrionidae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2025/65/2

The larva and pupa of Menephilus medius Marseul, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini) from southern China are associated with the adults by rearing in lab. The morphological characteristics of the mature larva and pupa of this species are described and illustrated in detail for the first time and compared with the immature stages of Menephilus cylindricus Herbst, 1784.

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