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Biometria de Diloboderus abderus (Sturm) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) Coletado em Solo Manejado no Sistema de Plantio Direto

1996; SciELO; Volume: 25; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.37486/0301-8059.v25i3.1149

1981-5328

Mauro T. B. da Silva, Anderson Dionei Grützmacher,

Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Measurernents of different developmental stages ofDilohoderus abderus (Sturm), collected in a Red Dark Latosoil cultivated under flue notillage system. in Cruz Alta and Fortaleza dos Valos counties, Rio Grande do Sul State, were taken.Weight of males and females was similar.Length and width of inales were signif9cantly greater than those of females.The average cgg weight was of 17.8 mg and the average size 2.8 mm width and 3.5 mm length.Larvae showed three instars, with an increase in size of 6 fold, from flue 1 st to the 211d.and of 5 fo!d 6Dm the 2nd to the 3rd instar.lhe average size of the head capsule was of 2.7 num (1 st instar), 4.8 mm (2nd instar), and 8.2 mm (3rd instar).Mate pupae were signiflcantly heavier and bigger in length than femal e.