title: First descriptions of immature stages of the weevils Bagous elegans, B. aliciae, and B. lutulosus.
abstract: Last-instar larvae of Bagous elegans (F.), Bagous aliciae Cmoluch, and Bagous lutulosus (Gyllenhal), and the pupa of B. elegans, are described and illustrated for the first time. Biology of these species is analyzed in association with larval morphology and feeding habits. Overall larval and pupal morphological diagnoses of the genus Bagous are updated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gosik
authors.affiliation: Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland wanatm@biol.uni.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wanat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013045:Species Specificity; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*
keywords: Bagoini; Bagous; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; beetle