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Nematodes Berthold 1827

Description

Genus Nematodes Berthold, 1827

Adult diagnosis. Characters of Nematodini, with mandibles short, ventral secondary tooth present, without expanded lateral surfaces; prothoracic tibiae with one apical spur; male prothoracic tarsomere I with basal sex combs; tarsomere IV originally bilobed; lateral sides of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae variable, either with setae and simple spines or with setae and transverse rows of spine combs; hypomeron usually without antennal grooves; prothoracic sternal peg high, either truncated or excavated; median lobe without dorsal basal struts, fused with lateral lobes, distinct, with narrowly and deeply bifurcate apex; bursa divided, simple; spermatheca sclerotized, divided and U-shaped.

Notes

Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2017, Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic Region. Part VII: Description of the larvae of Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae: Nematodini), with notes on its hypermetamorphic life cycle, pp. 1-9 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (545) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5172570

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Biodiversity

Family
Eucnemidae
Genus
Nematodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Berthold
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nematodes Berthold, 1827 sec. Otto, 2017