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A Taxonomic Study of Immature Stage in Three Species of the Genus Protaetia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Cetoniidae) from Korea
Author(s) -
KIM Mi Ae,
LEE Hee A,
PARK Hae Chul
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2003.tb00074.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeoidea , biology , larva , zoology , instar , key (lock) , genus , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
ABSTRACT The third instar larvae of Korean Protaetia spp., P. brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe), 1886, P. orientalis submarmorea (Burmeister), 1842, and P. mandschuriensis (Schürhoff), 1933, are described. The larva of the second species is the first record in this genus. A taxonomic key, descriptions, and illustrations of the three species are provided.