External Features of the First Instar Larva of Damaster (Coptolabrus) jankowskii jankowskii (Coleoptera; Carabidae) |
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| Authors: | KIM Jung Lark Sang Ock PARK |
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| Institution: | Division of BT, Uiduk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, 780-713, Korea;Department of Biology, Catholic University of Daegu, Hayang, Gyeongbuk, 713-702, Korea |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Larval features of the carabid beetle, Damaster (Coptolabrus) jankowskii jankowskii (Oberthür) were investigated for the first time. For accomplishing the purpose, the adult beetles were collected by pitfall traps in the deciduous forest of Mt. Palgongsan, southern Korea. They have been reared under the laboratory condition of 16L: 8D at 20°C. The first instar larvae were obtained by isolating eggs after oviposition and were kept at the same condition. In the present study, external morphology of the first instar larva of this subspecies are described and its important character states and comparisons with the kin species are also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | larva rearing external features Damaster carabid beetle |
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