The third instar larvae of Xyloryctes furcatus Burmeister from Hidalgo, México and X. lobicollis Burmeister from Chiapas, México, are described. Drawings of diagnostic structures and a key to the third stage larvae of Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury), X. thestalus Bates, X. furcatus and X. lobicollis, are included.
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1 September 2003
Descriptions of XYLORYCTES Hope Larvae with a Key to Species Based on the Third Stage Larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Enrique Morelli,
Miguel A. Morón
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