Pelidnota

Rodrigues, Sérgio Roberto, Morón, Miguel Angel & Nogueira, Gerson Aler de Lima, 2012, Description of the Third Instar ofPelidnota fulvaBlanchard, 1850 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 66 (3), pp. 266-270 : 269

KEY TO THE KNOWN LARVAE OF PELIDNOTA

1. Cranium with 9–10 dorsoepicranial setae and 8 anterofrontal setae. Epipharynx with short heli arranged in 2 irregular, transverse rows. Acroparia with 6–7 thick, spine-like setae ... Southern and northwestern Mexico............... ............................... P. virescens Burmeister

1′. Cranium with 5–7 dorsoepicranial setae and 3–4 anterofrontal setae. Epipharynx with more than 2 rows of heli of different lengths. Acroparia with or without thick setae..........2

2. Acroparia without thick, spine-like setae. Epipharynx with 3–4 irregular rows of heli; acanthoparia with 9 thick, short, curved setae. Cranium with 3–4 anterofrontal setae and 5–7 dorsoepicranial setae. Eastern USA......... .............................................. P. punctata (L.)

2′. Acroparia with 4 thick, spine-like setae. Epipharynx with 3 irregular rows of heli; acanthoparia with 10–12 short, thick, curved setae.