Coniatus (Bagoides) splendidulus (Fabricius, 1781)

Nazarenko, V. Yu., 2014, Epipharyngeal Morphology In Hyperini Larvae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Hyperinae), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (4), pp. 345-352 : 346-347

Coniatus (Bagoides) splendidulus (Fabricius, 1781) ( fig. 1 , a–d)

M a t e r i a l. 2 mature larvae, Kyiv, Central Botanical Garden , on Tamarix ramosissima , 50°24´41.3˝ N ,

30°33´38.3˝ E, 1.08.2005 (Nazarenko).

Labrum with a shallow emargination at the apex, the central part of which forms a pocket-like fold with a central hole and two blunt tubercles. Epipharynx with large flattened

Рис. 1. Эпифаринкс Coniatus splendidulus : a — общий вид; b — центральная часть; c — серединное вдавление; d — вершинная вырезка. Остальные условные обозначения на этом и других рисунках расшифрованы в тексте.

labral rods (tormae) and three impressions near them: central triangular and two lateral at the curved inward outer edges of the labrum. Als 1–3 with contiguous bases, ams very short and adpressed to tubercles in central fold, mes 1 located at the edge of the central depressions between apices of conjunct labral rods. Consisted of 3 sensillae snp placed posteriorly of mes 1, another pair of sensillae located marginally along the edge of central impression near the bases of labral rods. Mes 2 on the slides indistinguishable, probably absent. Epipharyngeal surface for and between snp with few transverse folds.

Figures

Fig. 1. Epipharynx of Coniatus splendidulus: a — general view; b — central portion; c — median impression; d — apical excision. Other abbreviations on this and other figures described in the text.