Estadios ninfales de los coreidos del valle deTehuacán, Puebla. (Heniptera-Heteroptera) I. Chelinidea staffilesi, C. tabulata y Narnia femorata

Abstract

A STUDY OF IMMATURE STAGES OF CHELINIDEA STAFFLESI HERRIN, CHELINIDEA TABULA (BURMEISTER) AND NARNIA FEMORATA STAL IS PRESENTED AS AND AID TO THEIR TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION. THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE FIVE INSTARS, AS WELL AS THE EGG ARE DESCRIBED AND FIGURED. SOME BIOLOGICAL AND ETHOLOGICAL ASPECTS ARE INCLUDED. THEIR SEASONALITY IS GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED. THE ALLOMETRIES AND THE DURATION OF EACH NYMPHAL INSTAR ARE INCLUDED. IDENTIFICATION KEYS FOR THE FIFTH RNSTAR NYMPHS OF CHELINIDEA SPP., ARE ALSO INCLUDED.THIS GROUP OF SPECIES IS ASSOCIATED WITH OPUNTIA PELIFERA WEBER ON THE VALLEY OF TEHUACÁN, PUEBLA. THE SUPRAGENERIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE GENERA AND SPECIES COLLECTED IN THE VALLEY OF TEHUACÁN, PUEBLA IS INCLUDED.