taxonID	type	description	language	source
A821C77DFF99AE5CFEFCE352FDABFC6A.taxon	materials_examined	vial 518 (about 50 triungulins); slide M 403 (2 triungulins); stub 104 (2 triungulins): Tunisia, Gouvernatorat de Tozeur, 10 Km SW Tozeur on road P 3, 33,90188 ° N 8,02700 ° E, 27. IV. 2004, F. Turco, S. Carloni and C. Settanni leg., on Chrysanthemun coronarium (Asteraceae), one deposition 3. V. 2004, hatch 26. V. 2004.	en	Turco, Federica, Giulio, Andrea Di, Bologna, Marco A. (2006): The first larval description in the genus Diaphorocera Heyden (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini): D. chrysoprasis Fairmaire. Zootaxa 1295 (1): 29-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1295.1.2, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1295.1.2
A821C77DFF99AE5CFEFCE352FDABFC6A.taxon	description	Results Egg morphology Eggs are whitish, elongate, rounded at both ends and distinctly wider at one apex. Egg length: 1 mm; maximum diameter: 0.3 mm. Description of first instar larva Habitus (Figs. 9 – 10). Triungulin campodeiform; body elongate, subcylindrical, subparallel­sided. Measurements. Body length 1.630 mm (from pygidium to labrum); head length 0.212 mm (from occipital foramen to clypeolabral suture), maximum width 0.316 mm, width at base (occipital foramen) 0.256 mm; basal stem of epicranial suture 0.063 mm; antennal length 0.063 mm, antennal terminal seta length 0.067 mm; prothorax length 0.200 mm, maximum width 0.368 mm; abdominal length 0.900 mm, abdominal terminal setae length 0.588 mm; diameter of spiracles: mesothoracic about 21 m, abdominal I about 15 m, abdominal II – VIII respectively from 11 to 9 m. Colour. Whitish with head, tergites, legs and laterotergites light brown; thoracic sternites not evidently sclerotised. Microsculpture. Cuticle reticulate with transverse polygonal meshes. Head (Figs. 1, 11 – 12). Very transverse with subparallel sides greatly rounded posteriad; basal elevation absent; anterior margin of head slightly convex. Epicranial suture Y­shaped; frontal sutures complete to antennal fossae, widely diverging at base, then parallel and markedly curved laterally at distal third. One stemma present on each side of head capsule, dorsally placed; stemmata convex, round, subequal in diameter to mesothoracic spiracle. Frontoclypeal region with a total of 14 setae subequal in length; boundary between clypeus and frons with a transverse row (frontoclypeal row, FCR) of 3 pairs of setae; sensory pit between FCR 2 and FCR 3; 4 pairs of setae posterior to FCR, following a curved line paralleling the arms of the epicranial suture (from posterior to anterior setae 1 – 4); sensory pits present between setae 1 and 2; each epicranial plate, dorsally on posterior half, with 4 very small setae longitudinally arranged in the middle of the plate and with 2 pits at both sides; 4 pairs of setae transversally lined at the level of the base of frontal arms of epicranial suture; 1 sensory pit and 2 small setae just anterior to the previous line; 3 setae around the stemma: the first anterior, just behind antennal fossa; the second external and at the same level of stemma; the third medial (ocular seta), at the same level of stemma; ocular seta slightly longer than the adjacent, posterior to ocular sensory pit. Epicranial plate ventrally with 3 setae: 2 lateral and 1 near the base of mandible. Gulamentum weakly sclerotised with 2 anterior setae. Antennae short, forwardly directed (Figs. 2, 13); antennomere I short, ring­like with 1 dorsal and 1 dorsolateral sensory pit; antennomere II about 1.5 times longer than I, with 4 setae (1 dorsal, 1 lateral on outer side, 1 short ventro­lateral on inner side, 1 small ventro­lateral seta on the outer side) near sensory appendix and 1 dorsolateral pit; sensory appendix on segment II ventral, conical, acute at apex, nearly as long as antennomere I; antennomere III cylindrical, stout, about as long as antennomere II, with a long apical seta, as long as the antennomeres II and III together (ratio apical seta / head length: 0.3, see Table 1); 3 subapical setae, 2 dorsolateral and 1 medioventral; one small seta near the base of apical seta, and 1 lateral pit on outer side of the segment. Labrum transverse, with straight anterior margin and rounded sides, with 8 dorsal setae of different sizes approximately distributed along the margin; 8 very small setae and 2 pits anteroventrally. Epipharynx with the aspect of a coarsely granular plate. Mandibles dorsoventrally flattened, with a troncoconical base and apical half narrowing and bending inward, without mola (Fig. 4); cutting edge with 6 little distinct teeth; outer margin of mandible with 2 setae and 1 sensory pit between them; 1 pit mesodorsally. Maxillae with broad stipes with 1 extremely long seta (as long as the maxillary palpus), 1 long seta laterally and 2 short setae and 2 pits basally (Figs. 3, 14); mala simple, lobiform, protruding, with 8 – 10 thick setae; maxillary palpomere I short, ring­like, with 1 pit ventrally; segment II asymmetric, short and straight at inner side, longer and curved at outer side; palpomere II with 2 lateral setae, 1 longer (outer side) and 1 small (inner side); palpomere III subcylindrical, more than 2 times longer than I, with swollen apex; palpomere III with 1 small dorsolateral seta (inner side) and 1 apical, stout, subconical sensory appendix, inserted in a prominent base and surrounded by a crown of 11 shorter subconical papillae; outer side of palpomere III furrowed by 1 slender digitiform and 1 pit sensillum; cardo transverse, subrectangular, with 1 very small lateral seta. Labium with mentum bearing 1 pair of small setae and 1 pair of sensory pit basally; prementum with 1 pair of medial setae and 1 pair of basal sensory pits; 2 small ligular setae near the insertions of palpi on prementum; labial palpomere I short and broad, II cylindrical, twice longer than I, with an apical sensory complex similar to that of maxillary palpomere III; 1 sensory pit lateroventrally (outer side). Thorax. Segments transverse, subrectangular, decreasing in width from prothorax to metathorax, with anterior and posterior margins only slightly curved; meso­ and metanotum more rounded than pronotum laterally. Ecdysial line well marked and complete on pro­ and mesonotum and absent on metanotum. Pronotum subrectangular, broader than head, about 1.8 times wider than long (Fig. 5); 13 setae (12 long and 1 short) and 3 pits present symmetrically at each side of the ecdysial line, approximately disposed in 3 transverse, subparallel rows; anterior row (AR) with 5 long setae and 2 pits (1 small and short anterolateral seta on membrane); medial row (MR) with 3 setae and posterior row (PR) with 5 setae (4 long and 1 short) and 1 pit; prosternum with 3 pairs of medial setae of different length, medial pair shorter and posterior pair longer than anterior pair and 2 pairs of small anterior setae more lateral. Mesonotum distinctly narrower than pronotum and slightly broader than metanotum; AR composed of 4 setae and 1 pit extremely small and short compared to those of pronotum. MR with 3 long setae and 2 shorter near the stigma; PR with 4 long setae and 2 pits; 3 pairs of medial setae on mesosternum slightly increasing in length from anterior to posterior and 1 pair of small anterior setae more lateral. Setae of metathorax similar in number, position and relative dimensions to those of mesothorax. Legs. Slender; coxa short and broad, with 3 long setae, transversally lined (gradually decreasing in size from the external to the internal), 2 setae and 1 pit lateral (inner side), 2 small and short setae and 1 pit basally; trochanter with 5 setae and 6 pits (1 subapical and 5 transversally disposed); 8 setae and 1 pit on femur, the major ventral femoral seta, much shorter than femur; tibiotarsi and claws increasing in length from fore to hind leg; tibiae with 5 longitudinal rows of 5 – 7 robust setae; claw thin, acute and slightly curved at apex, with 2 sub­basal setae of different length, slightly displaced at base, the distal longer than the proximal seta and approaching apex (Fig. 15); surface of claws longitudinally ridged. Spiracles (Fig. 16). Rounded, internally papillate; marginal ring slightly protruding (as in Fig. 6); mesothoracic spiracle anterolateral, about as large as the stemma; abdominal spiracle I dorsolateral (Fig. 6); abdominal spiracles II – VIII on laterotergites, smaller than I and all about equal in size. Abdomen (Figs. 9 – 10). Subparallel sided with transverse, rectangular terga, well sclerotised; abdominal segments IV – IX gradually decreasing in size; tergum completely fused with laterotergites on segments I and IX, only partially fused with laterotergites on segments II – VIII (suture distinct with light microscope). Two long setae and 1 small and short anterior (on tergum I this seta is more dorsally placed, at the level of the AR) on laterotergites. Terga with approximately 3 rows of setae transversely lined at each side of the midline (Figs. 6 – 7); 1 small and short seta (3 on tergum I) and 1 pit on AR; 3 short setae and 1 small and short lateral on MR; 3 long setae, 2 shorter setae and 1 pit on PR. Tergum IX (Fig. 8) with 5 setae on PR, including laterotergal setae; PR with second pair from the midline elongate, as long as the last five abdominal segments (caudal setae). Sterna with AR and MR with 2 short setae respectively and PR with 4 longer setae. Segment X membranous, tergum semicircular with 6 small setae transversally lined and 2 slightly bigger setae more dorsal; sternum longitudinally divided into 2 lobes (pygopod), moderately produced.	en	Turco, Federica, Giulio, Andrea Di, Bologna, Marco A. (2006): The first larval description in the genus Diaphorocera Heyden (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini): D. chrysoprasis Fairmaire. Zootaxa 1295 (1): 29-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1295.1.2, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1295.1.2
