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A Description of the Larva of Agriotes mancus (Say), with a Key Separating the Larvae of A. lineatus (L.), A. mancus, A. obscurus (L.), and A. sputator (L.) from Nova Scotia1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Eidt
D. C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Field Crop Insect Section, Entomology Laboratory, Saskatoon, Sask.
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In Europe, extensive work on wireworms has revealed taxonomic problems in the genus Agriotes. Since the investigations of Roberts (1922) after the First World War it has been possible for both field men and taxonomists to identify the larvae of A. sputator (L.), but the problem of separating A. obscurus (L.) and A. lineatus (L.) has persisted through all subsequent work. The European literature on Agriotes larvae deals extensively with the latter problem (Beling, 1883-84; Ford, 1916; Guéniat, 1934; Henriksen, 1911-12; Horst, 1922; Korschefsky, 1941; Mesnil, 1930; Rambousek, 1928; Schaerfienberg, 1943; Subklew, 1934; and Znamenskij, 1927), but none of the authors expresses satisfaction with the characters found.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 86 , Issue 11 , November 1954 , pp. 481 - 494
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1954

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