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Paranaleptes reticulata
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Mature larva. Form elongate, robust, subcylindrical. Length up to 45 mm; maximum breadth (at prothorax) 11.5 mm. Head scarcely depressed, widest at middle (maximum head-width 5.6 mm) and distinctly constricted near posterior third. Antennal foramen open posteriorly. Mouthframe moderately sclerotized. Frons entirely testaceous except anterior margin. Epistoma bearing six (or eight?) setae. One pair of ocelli present; lens large, round, convex; pigmented spot distinct. Hypostoma fiat, smooth, testaceous; sutures distinct, ferruginous, feebly incurved. Gular region with a pale median cleavage line on each side of which are two or three setae. Antenna with segment 2 slightly transverse and bearing a conical hyaline process. Maxilla with segment 3 of palp conical, much shorter than segment 2. Labial palpi with segment 2 elongate, cylindrical, slightly shorter than segment 1. Mentum distinct from submentum. Prothorax with posterior area of pronotum orange-testaceous and bearing scattered, long, reddish setae; posterior area coarsely longitudinally striate, glabrous; sublateral impressions rather deep and distinct. Prosternum entirely covered with scattered, long, reddish setae; eusternum distinct, triangular; sternellum non-spiculate. Abdomen with dorsal ampullae each with three distinct rows of large, shining tubercles which are not interrupted by the median longitudinal furrow. Tergite 9 bearing a pair of paramedian, oval tubercles which are bun-shaped, very strongly protuberant and not sclerotized or pigmented. Epipleurum protuberant on all segments. Pleural tubercle without sclerotized pits; elongate-oval and bearing long setae which are variable in number. Legs vestigial. Spiracles with peritreme moderately thick, pale and broadly oval; marginal chambers absent. Adapted from Duffy (1957). 1
Biology and Economic Importance
- Biology unknown for members of this tribe. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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