Banca de DEFESA: TAMARA GOMES CARVALHO

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STUDENT : TAMARA GOMES CARVALHO
DATE: 27/02/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Fitossanidadae/ DEPA via Google Meet
TITLE:

TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE IMMATURES OF RUTELINAE WITH EMPHASIS ON RUTELINI (COLEOPTERA: MELOLONTHIDAE)

KEY WORDS:

Life cycle, Neotropical, systematics, Scarabaeidae, taxonomy, white grubs

PAGES: 108
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Zoologia
SUBÁREA: Taxonomia dos Grupos Recentes
SUMMARY:

Rutelinae is the second-largest subfamily of Melolonthidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in species richness, with approximately 4197 described species worldwide, and is most abundant in the Neotropics, with about 1337 recorded species. Seven tribes currently compound Rutelinae: Adoretini, Alvarengiini, Anatistini, Anomalini, Anoplognathini, Geniatini, and Rutelini. These, only Adoretini does not occur in Brazil. Rutelinae immatures usually develop in rotting wood and contribute directly to the decomposition of dead matter deposited in forests and nutrient cycling, although members of the tribes Anomalini and Geniatini develop mainly in the soil and many are root pests. Even though the larvae of many species are pests, the biology and taxonomy of immatures of Rutelinae are poorly known, with less than 2% of recorded species having descriptions of larvae or pupae. Thus, this study aimed to increase the knowledge of the immatures of the subfamily Rutelinae with the inclusion of new descriptions of larvae and pupae. Here, ten immature of Rutelini were described, six of the Anticheirina: Anticheira capucina (Fabricius, 1787), Anticheiroides brullei (Castelnau, 1840), Telaugis aenescens Burmeister, 1844, Vayana bicolor (Olivier, 1789), Macraspis laevicollis (Waterhouse, 1881) and M. variabilis Ohaus, 1914, with the first descriptions of immatures for the genera Anticheira Eschscholtz, 1818, Anticheiroides Soula, 1998, Telaugis Burmeister, 1844, and Vayana Ohaus, 1915; and four species of the genus Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819: Pelidnota ancilla Bates, 1904, P. pulchella (Kirby, 1818), P. nitescens (Vigors, 1825) and P. rugulosa Burmeister, 1844. With this study, 23 species with immature described to Rutelini are now known for Brazil, totaling 28 species of Rutelinae, corresponding to 5,9% of all Rutelinae species recorded in the country.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI
Interno - ***.779.585-** - ANDRÉ DA SILVA FERREIRA - UFRPE
Externo à Instituição - FERNANDO WILLIAM TREVISAN LEIVAS - UFPR
Externa à Instituição - PAULA BATISTA DOS SANTOS - UNIVASF
Externo à Instituição - FÁBIO CORREIA COSTA - UFPE