Dipropus

Larva: body elongate, flattened, general coloration from brownish-yellow to reddish-brown, with head, pronotum, spiracles and abdominal segment IX darker. Head with paranasal lobes well developed, each with a row of four long setae dorsally and a fringe of thin ramified setae ventrally. Antenna with three antennomeres; basal antennomere elongate with three long dorsal setae near apex; median antennomere elongate, shorter than basal, bearing a well-developed cupuliform membranous sensorium at apex; distal antennomere narrow and elongate, slightly shorter than sensorium, width about 1/5 of median antennomere width, inserted lateroexternal at apex of median antennomere, bearing five moderately short setae at apex. Pronotum wider than long (excluding fore and hind angles), narrowed at base of fore and hind angles; hind angles well developed, band-like, slightly outwardly directed, longer than half of mesonotum length. Meso- and metanotum and abdominal segments I–IX with one lateroanterior elongate striate darker area each side (muscular impressions), oblique to lateral margin. Legs: coxa elongate, wide and robust; trochanter triangular; femur and tibia elongate, femur wider than tibia. Abdominal segment IX elongate, rounded with constricted and sharply pointed apex.

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