Contribution to the knowledge of the biology of Cissites maculata (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in Venezuela
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Photographic material and descriptions of Cissites maculata (Swederus, 1787) are provided based on observations of adults, eggs and first instar larvae found on a wooden beam near the entrance of a Xylocopa sp. nest in Venezuela. Egg mass and hatchings were characterized over time and some measurements were made on eggs, larvae and adults using a digital technique with graphic design tools. The egg mass consisted of ≈ 23400 eggs and one female did not contribute to the laying. Egg size was larger than those documented for Cissites auriculata (Champion, 1892). This work complements what has been described for the species and expands the scarce information on its presence in Venezuela, including aspects that have not been documented in the country.
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beetle, behaviors, meloid, oviposition, photographic record, triungulins
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Cros, A. (1938). Cissites maculata Swederus (Col. Meloidae) sa larve primaire. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 126, 285–300. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192534#page/837/mode/1up.
Enns, W. R. (1958). Distribution records of two American species of Cissites (Coleoptera- Meloidae). The Coleopterists’ Bulletin, 12, 61–64. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3998937.
Erickson, E. H., Enns, W. R. & Werner, F. G. (1976). Bionomics of the bee-associated Meloidae (Coleoptera); bee and plant hosts of some Nearctic meloid beetles-a synopsis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 69(5), 959–970. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/69.5.959
García París, M., Piñango, C., Manzanilla, J. & Zaldívar Riverón, A. (2013). On the presence of Cissites maculata (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 84(3), 855–864. https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.33905
Gerling, D., Velthuis, H. H. W. & Hefetz, A. (1989). Bionomics of the large carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa. Annual Review of Entomology, 34, 163–190. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.en.34.010189.001115
Hurd, P. D. (1958). Observations on the nesting habits of some New World carpenter bees with remarks on their importance in the problem of species formation (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 51(4), 365–375. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/51.4.365
MacSwain, J. W. (1958). Taxonomic and biological observations on the genus Hornia (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 51(4), 390–396. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/51.4.390
MacSwain, J. W. (1961). Primary larvae of Cissites associated with New World carpenter bees (Coleoptera-Meloidae: Hymenoptera-Xylocopidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 37(3), 191–194. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53471079#page/195/mode/1up.
Padrón Pereira, C. A. (2010). Procesamiento digital de imágenes de frutos de semeruco (Malpighia glabra L.) durante el crecimiento y maduración. Revista Científica Eletrônica de Agronomia, 17(2), 1–17. http://faef.revista.inf.br/imagens_arquivos/arquivos_destaque/ aI7B45A3cAyd853_2013-5-10-16-34-57.pdf.
Pinto, J. D. & Bologna, M. A. (1999). The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis. Journal of Natural History, 33(4), 569–620. https://doi.org/10.1080/002229399300254
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511574641
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Padrón-Pereira, C. A. (2023). Contribution to the knowledge of the biology of Cissites maculata (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in Venezuela. Novitates Caribaea, (21), 40–52. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi21.326
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