title: Larvae of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Part 4. Genus Julodimorpha.
abstract: The mature larva of the Australian buprestid genus Julodimorpha Gemminger and Harold, 1869 (J. saundersii Thomson, 1878) is fully described, illustrated and compared with the larvae of Julodinae, Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae, and Buprestinae. In situ observations confirm the soil inhabiting life-strategy of Julodimorpha larva. The comparative morphological study of the Julodimorpha larva proves its buprestine-chrysochroine affinities, while the superficial similarity of Julodimorpha and Julodinae adults, with their identical life-strategies, due to convergence.
authors.affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic. svatopluk_bily@nm.cz
authors.forename: Svatopluk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bílý
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volkovitsh
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male