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10.25100/socolen.v33i2.9335
Submitted: 30-03-2020
Published: 15-07-2007

Sexing the “drop-drop” beetle, Psiloptera pertyi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal
Keywords: Sexual dimorphism, Eucalyptus pest

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MOLINARIO DE SOUZA R, DOS ANJOS N, DE NADAI J, DINIZ SILVEIRA R, CORDEIRO G. Sexing the “drop-drop” beetle, Psiloptera pertyi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2007 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 23];33(2):146-7. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/9335
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Abstract

The sexual description of adult Psiloptera pertyi was carried out through observations of their external morphological characteristics. Males have their first five abdominal sternites, as well as the seventh and eighth, strongly sclerotized. Females have a similar morphology except the eighth abdominal sternite is not sclerotized. Males have a prominent apex on the seventh sternite, while females have a deep incision in the apical margin of the same segment. Males also have a triangular incision en the extreme posterior margin of the fifth sternite; in females, this segment is rounded. The number and form of the abdominal sternites should be taken into account for sexing adults of P. pertyi.

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How to Cite

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MOLINARIO DE SOUZA R, DOS ANJOS N, DE NADAI J, DINIZ SILVEIRA R, CORDEIRO G. Sexing the “drop-drop” beetle, Psiloptera pertyi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2007 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 23];33(2):146-7. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/9335
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