Published May 17, 2017
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Determination of species and instars of the larvae of the Afrotropical species of Thanatophilus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera, Silphidae)
- 1. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- 2. Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaRhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Thanatophilus micans and T. mutilatus have significance for forensic entomology. Their larvae are therefore described and a key is provided for identifying the larvae of Afrotropical Silphidae based on morphological characters. It is shown that seven common species of Thanatophilus can be distinguished by a 360 bp mtDNA sequence from the cytochrome oxidase I gene.
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