Coleoptera Larval Fauna Associated with Termite Nests (Isoptera) with Emphasis on the “Bioluminescent Termite Nests” from Central Brazil

Figure 13

Microcerotermes sp. (Termitidae, Termitinae), transversal section of the nest: (a) the canal; (b) central chamber; (c) pupal chamber of Homophileurus luederwaldti (Ohaus, 1910) (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae); (d) larva of H. luederwaldti feeding on nest walls; (e) Lobopoda sp. (Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae) larva; (f) fecal pellets of H. luederwaldti larvae. Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil (after Vanin et al., 1983).