A CLICK BEETLE LARVA (COLEOPTERA - ELATERIDAE) PREYING UPON AN ANTLION LARVA(NEUROPTERA -- MYRMELEONTIDAE)

摘要

The snake-like larvae of Cardiophorinae, commonly called wireworms, are soil-dwellingor live in rotten decaying wood. They are elongate and smooth with a rather well-developed head with a prominent frontoclypeus and peculiar, exter-nally toothed mandibles (Klausnitzer 1991-1999, Klausnitzer et al., 2000). They are highly mobile, moving with considerablespeed through substrate. Some larval Cardiophorinae are voracious predators, feeding on soil-dwelling insects and earthworms, although little is known about the specific insects upon which they feed. Antlion larvae are sand-dwelling insects and this paper documentsthe first case of a Cardiophorinae larva feeding on an antlion larva (Neuroptera:Myrme-leontidae).