Nuevas larvas de Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea): Hemiosus multimaculatus y Chaetarthria bruchi

Abstract

Los estadios larvales de los hidrofílidos neotropicales Hemiosusmultimaculatus (Jensen–Haarup) y Chaetarthria bruchi Balfour–Browne sondescriptos e ilustrados por primera vez. Se los compara con otras larvas conocidasen esos géneros, y con larvas de géneros relacionados presentes en laregión Neotropical, confirmando que, para estos dos géneros, los caractereslarvales diagnósticos utilizados hasta ahora son estables.

The larval stages of the Neotropical hydrophilids Hemiosus multimaculatus (Jensen–Haarup) and Chaetarthria bruchi Balfour–Browne are described and illustrated for the first time. They are compared to the other known larvae of these genera, and also to larvae of related genera known to occur in the Neotropical region, confirming that, for these two genera, the larval diagnostic characters used up to now are consistent.