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A Description of the Larva of the Cypress Jewel Beetle, Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva (L.), with Notes on the Larval Characters of Poecilonotini and Dicercini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

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A detailed description of the mature larva of the Cypress jewel beetle, Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva (L.), a dangerous pest of ornamental Cupressaceae in urban landscapes and nurseries in Europe, and its comparison with other known larvae of the subgenus Palmar, L. balcanica (Kirch.) and L. virgata (Motsch.) are presented. The larva is fully illustrated including details of the mouthparts, prothoracic plates, spiracles, and inner structures of the proventriculus. Larval characters of the genus Lamprodila and the tribe Poecilonotini as compared to the known larvae of Dicercini are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank B.A. Korotyaev (ZIN) and E.I. Iljina (Daghestan Scientific Centre RAS, Makhachkala, Russia) for collecting Cyphosoma larvae used in this study and S. Bílý (Prague, Czech Republic) for the loan of the larvae of some exotic Dicercini.

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The study of M. G. Volkovitsh and A.V. Kovalev was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-14-10031.

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    M. G. Volkovitsh & A. V. Kovalev

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    M. G. Volkovitsh & A. V. Kovalev

  3. State Humanitarian-Technological University, Moscow oblast, Orekhovo-Zuevo, 142611, Russia

    I. E. Zykov

  4. Russian Scientific and Research Institute of Floriculture and Subtropical Crops, Sochi, 354002, Russia

    N. N. Karpun & V. Ye. Zakharchenko

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Volkovitsh, M.G., Zykov, I.E., Karpun, N.N. et al. A Description of the Larva of the Cypress Jewel Beetle, Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva (L.), with Notes on the Larval Characters of Poecilonotini and Dicercini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Entmol. Rev. 99, 1304–1317 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819090082

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