• DOI:10.1080/00222930802586016
Corpus ID: 84744056

The morphology and biology of Pterodunga mirabile Daccordi, an unusual subsocial Chrysomeline (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

@article{Reid2009TheMA,
  title={The morphology and biology of Pterodunga mirabile Daccordi, an unusual subsocial Chrysomeline (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)},
  author={C. M. Reid and M. Beatson and J. Hasenpusch},
  journal={Journal of Natural History},
  year={2009},
  volume={43},
  pages={373 - 398}
}

C. M. Reid, M. Beatson, J. Hasenpusch

Published 2009

Biology

Journal of Natural History

New information is provided on the morphology and biology of the Australian leaf‐beetle Pterodunga mirabile Daccordi. This species is unusual in the Chrysomelinae for the following features: adult with deeply grooved prothoracic hypopleuron, laterally pointed elytral margins, concealed mesoventrite and fused abdominal ventrites; female ovoviviparous and without spermatheca; first‐instar larva with lappet‐like sclerites; maternal care; host plant in the Proteaceae. The systematic position and… CONTINUE READING

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