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The larval morphology and systematics of the leaf-beetles Altica deserticola and Altica engstroemi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

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The elder-instar larva of Altica deserticola is described for the first time, and the last-instar larva of A. engstroemi is re-described. The diagnostic characters are included. The former species develops on Glycyrrhiza, and the latter one, on Filipendula ulmaria. Some questions on the general morphology of the larvae of Altica are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © A.O. Bieńkowski, 2010, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 89, No. 10, pp. 1205–1211.

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Bieńkowski, A.O. The larval morphology and systematics of the leaf-beetles Altica deserticola and Altica engstroemi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entmol. Rev. 90, 741–746 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873810060102

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