First description of larva of the genus Liatongus Reitter, 1892 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Abstract

A larva of the represintative of the genus Liatongus Reitter, 1892 (Liatongus minutus (Motschulsky, 1861)) is described and illustrated for the first time. The genus Liatongus is closed to the genus Euoniticellus Janssens, 1953 by the structure of larvae and differs from it by presence only one seta on lateral part of mandibles. A key to the genera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae based on larvae is given for Russian Far East

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Scarabaeidae
• Liatongus minutus
• larvae
• Russian Far East