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Previously unknown larvae of Trox ussuriensis Balthasar, T. koreanus Kim, T. zoufali Balthasar, and Glyptotrox ineptus (Balthasar) of the family Trogidae are described and illustrated. The larva of T. ussuriensis differs from that of T. sabulosus (Linnaeus) in the shape of setae on the abdominal tergite I and in the chaetotaxy of the head capsule. The larva of T. koreanus differs from those of T. zoufali and T. scaber (Linnaeus) in the chaetotaxy of the head capsule, clypeus, and labrum. The larva of T. zoufali is very similar to those of T. koreanus and T. scaber but differs in the chaetotaxy of the head capsule. The larva of Glyptotrox ineptus is similar to that of G. mandli (Balthasar) but differs in the chaetotaxy of the head capsule and in the presence of furrows on the frons. An original key to the known larvae of the family Trogidae of the fauna of the Russian Far East is given.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Shabalin, 2017, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2017, Vol. 96, No. 10, pp. 1197–1203.
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Shabalin, S.A. Descriptions of the larvae of the beetle family Trogidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Russian Far East. Entmol. Rev. 97, 1106–1112 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873817080103
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