TABLE 3 in Carabus of Subgenus Cathoplius C. G. Thomson, 1875, with description of their life-way, life-cycle and pre-imaginal morphology (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

TABLE 3. Duration of larval and pupal development and duration of the rising to the surface period in the species and subspecies of Subgenus Cathoplius. Means followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different from each other (Dunn’s Test, P<0.05).
Taxon1 st instar (pre-ecdysis period) (mean days ± SE)2 nd instar (pre-ecdysis period) (mean days ± SE)3 rd instar (pre-pupal period) (mean days ± SE)Pupa (mean days ± SE)Period between emergence from the pupa and rising to the surface of imagoes (mean days + SE (mean days ± SE)C. asperatus (Dejean, 1826)6.980±0.200 A7.737±0.229 A17.746±0.467 A16.862±0.178 BC5.121±0.123 A(1.857±0.108) a(2.451±0.152) a(10.683±0.399) aC. stenocephalus stenocephalus Lucas, 18667.196±0.230 A7.722±0.272 AC18.055±0.296 A17.225±0.162 BC5.128±0.256 A(1.920±0.0987) a(2.393±0.149) a(10.341±0.138) aC. stenocephalus susicus Antoine, 19416.790±0.206 AC6.701±0.227 BC13.705±0.241 C16.737±0.204 C5.069±0.096 A(2.063±0.143) a(2.464±0.238) a(8.010±0.157) bC. stenocephalus ifniensis Zarco, 19417.348±0.267 A7.693±0.272 A17.266±0.276 A17.641±0.137 B5.283±0.107 A(1.909±0.0909) a(2.500±0.174) a(9.586±0.118) aC. stenocephalus aliai Escalera, 19446.020±0.077 BC8.020±0.077 A15.370±0.145 B22.600±0.063 A2.480±0.054 B(1.920±0.114) a(2.464±0.167) a(6.600±0.067) c