The elytro-tergal stridulatory apparatus of the genus Bondarius Rosado-Neto (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

The elytro-tergal stridulatory organ that occurs in Bondarius Rosado-Neto, 2006 a genus of the tribe Sternechini (Curculionidae, Molytinae) is described and illustrated. The stridulatory apparatus is present both in male and female and is composed by the file, a narrow elevated carina which is transversely multistriate located at the apical third of the internal side near the suture of left elytron, and by the plectrum, a narrow striate area located transversely at the dorso-apical margin of the abdominal tergite 7.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosado-Neto,Germano H., Santos,Geane Brizzola dos
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 2010
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262010000200020
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