Predation of a Cassida murraea Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Larva, a Tortoise Beetle with a Peculiar Fecal Shield, by a Crab Spider, Xysticus sp. (Araneae: Thomisidae)

The first natural history data is reported for the tortoise beetle, Cyrtonota serinus (Erichson, 1847) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Mesomphaliini). An Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) is recorded as the host plant. Larvae and adults feed on the leaves. Larvae retain an exuvio-fecal shield and are gregarious. Adults are sexually dimorphic and polymorphic in sizes and coloration.

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Nutritional relationship and effect of thrips-monodiet on the development of crab spider (Xysticus kochithorell)

Cereal Research Communications ◽

10.1556/crc.34.2006.1.183 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 735-738

Author(s):

Tímea Bíró ◽

Attila Nagy ◽

Ferenc Tóth

Keyword(s):

Crab Spider

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The status of the crab spider genus Tmarus in Kansas

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science ◽

10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[279:tsotcs]2.0.co;2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 110 (3 & 4) ◽

pp. 279-281

Author(s):

Hank Guarisco

Keyword(s):

The Status ◽

Crab Spider

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Xysticus logunovorum, a replacement name for the preoccupied crab spider Xysticus logunovi Ono & Martens, 2005 (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Arachnology ◽

10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1056 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Theo Blick ◽

Hirotsugu Ono

Keyword(s):

Crab Spider

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Description of one new species of Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from the eggs and larvae of tortoise beetle from India

African Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.5897/ajar2014.8734 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (34) ◽

pp. 2590-2595

Author(s):

Rawat S. ◽

A. Khan M. ◽

Agnihotri M.

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Tortoise Beetle ◽

Eggs And Larvae ◽

One New Species

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The bromeliad leaf-scraper tortoise beetle Spaethiella intricata (Boheman, 1850) from Brazil (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), description of immatures and biology

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4531 (3) ◽

pp. 395 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

FABIANO F. ALBERTONI ◽

MICHELE LEOCÁDIO

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Immature Stages ◽

Tortoise Beetle

This publication describes the life history and morphology of the immatures of Spaethiella intricata associated with bromeliads. Immature stages were previously unknown for the species. Adults and larvae are bromeliad leaf scrapers. First and fifth instar larvae and pupa of S. intricata are described and illustrated with further discussion upon the epipharynx of some Cassidinae species belonging to few tribes. General observations of the known Hemisphaerotini immatures and adults are compared.

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