New Data on the Morphology of the Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) (Coleoptera, Silvanidae)
https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2020.19.10.001
Abstract
As part of the vastly expanded description of the Oryzaephilus surinamensis species the illustrated information about previously unknown structures and characters of this species is presented for the first time, namely: the structure of the mouthparts (mandibles, maxillae, prementum, postmentum), meso- and metanotum, metendosternite and the 8th male tergite. Additional data on the known structures – elytrae, eyes, and abdominal sternites are provided.
About the Author
S. Kurbatov
All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD in Biology, Head of Entomological Research and Methodology Department
140150, Moscow region, Ramenskoye, Bykovo, Pogranichnaya str. 32
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Kurbatov S. New Data on the Morphology of the Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) (Coleoptera, Silvanidae). Plant Health and Quarantine. 2020;(4):23-29. https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2020.19.10.001
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