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1 November 2012 New Records of Termite Hosts for Two Species of Hoplopyga, with Notes on the Life Cycle of Hoplopyga brasiliensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Anderson Puker, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade, Cassiano S. Rosa, Paschoal C. Grossi
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Abstract

We provide the first report of larvae of Hoplopyga brasiliensis (Gory and Percheron) and H. singuhris (Gory and Percheron) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in nests of Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar) (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae) and Dwersitermes diversimiles (Silvestri) (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae), respectively. We also provide new information on the life cycle of H. brasiliensis and the feeding behavior of adults of H. singularis. In total, 44 larvae of H. brasiliensis were found in a single nest of C. cumulans in apastureland in Coimbra, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Larvae of H. singularis were found under nests of D. diversimites at two urban parks in the state of Parana, Brazil. ≈15 larvae of H. singulis in different stages of development and some opened pupal cells were found in some nests of D. diversimiles. We increase the number of known termitophilous Hoplopyga species to three and discuss such relationships in light of published data and new information provided here.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Anderson Puker, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade, Cassiano S. Rosa, and Paschoal C. Grossi "New Records of Termite Hosts for Two Species of Hoplopyga, with Notes on the Life Cycle of Hoplopyga brasiliensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(6), 872-878, (1 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/AN12068
Received: 30 May 2012; Accepted: 28 August 2012; Published: 1 November 2012
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KEYWORDS
flower beetle
Gymnetini
nest intruder
Termitidae
termitophilous
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