Description of pupae of sap beetles Epuraea (Dadopora) guttata (Olivier, 1811) and Meligethes (Clypeogethes) ?ruficornis (Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

A.S. Kurochkin & A.G. Kirejtshuk

Abstract. Pupae of Epuraea (Dadopora) guttata (Olivier, 1811) and Meligethes (Clypeogethes) ?ruficornis (Marsham, 1802), collected in Zhiguli Nature Reserve (Samara Prov.), are described for the first time and compared with descriptions and drawings available from previous publications. Pupal characters of the subfamilies of Nitidulidae are discussed, and those of the family as a whole are given.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2003, 12(1): 117–122 ▪ Published in print 30 December 2003

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