- Title
- Eudicella trimeni Janson, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini): Description of larva with notes on conservation status, biology and taxonomy
- Creator
- Perissinotto, R
- Creator
- Orozco, Jesús (Entomologist)
- Subject
- Afrotropical
- Subject
- Goliathini
- Subject
- Eudicella trimeni
- Subject
- Scarab beetles
- Subject
- Fruit chafers
- Subject
- Flower chafers
- Subject
- Larva
- Subject
- Grubs
- Subject
- Rosenkäfer
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6559
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006605
- Identifier
- http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/307
- Description
- Eudicella trimeni is reportedly one of the most endangered species of the genus, having been declared virtually extinct until recently. Present research has shown that the species occurs in an area wider than previously known. However, its habitat is disappearing at a fast rate and the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal populations appear to be sufficiently different from each other to warrant at least subspecies status and further investigation. Third instar larvae of the northern population were collected recently in the Karkloof Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal. They were reared to adulthood under environmentally controlled conditions and are here described.
- Format
- 10 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Perissinotto, R. & Orozco, J. 2013. Eudicella trimeni Janson, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini): Description of larva with notes on conservation status, biology and taxonomy. African Invertebrates 54 (2): 417–426. Available: http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/307
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