Open AccessBIOLOGY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF SOME QUEENSLAND PENTATOMOMORPHA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)
Author(s) -
Malipatil M. B.,
Kumar R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02012.x
Subject(s) - lygaeidae , biology , hemiptera , heteroptera , instar , zoology , botany , larva
The immature stages of 5 species of Pentatomomorpha are described: Dieuches notatus (Dallas) and Pachygrontha robusta Slater (Lygaeidae), Phaenacantha australiae Kirkaldy (Colobathristidae), Physopelta famelica Stal (Largidae) and Megymenum insulare Westwood (Dinidoridae). Growth ratio between each 2 successive instars is calculated. The available biological and life history information is given.