15 Oca 2025 Çarşamba
New cases of teratology in Lucanidae and Geotrupidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Palearctic Region
Abstract :New
teratological cases in Lucanus (s.
str.) cervus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Lethrus
(Furcilethrus) banghaasi Reitter, 1893 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the
Palearctic Region are described and illustrated. Anomalies affect head
structures: the right maxillary palpus (unilateral heterodynamic ternary
schistomely) in L. cervus and the
left ventral mandibular process (unilateral structural deformation) in L. banghaasi. Short review of some known
teratological cases in families Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 and Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802 is provided
Coleoptera,
Lethrus banghaasi,Lucanus
cervus, teratology, Scarabaeoidea, schistomely