Abstract
In this paper, the larva of Kempnyia colossica (Navás 1934) is described based on material collected in Parque Estadual Intervales, São Paulo State, and biological notes are presented.
Acknowledgements
Thanks are extended to Dr Claudio G. Froehlich for the loan of some specimens and for several suggestions on the manuscript. PCB thanks FAPESP (State of São Paulo Research Foundation, numbers 98/11074–3; 02/07216–4 and 04/09711–8) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, numbers 473246/2004–0 and 477349/2007–2) for constant support. PCB thanks CNPq (number 301652/2008–2), LSL and RCL thank CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) for fellowships. Thanks are extended to Vera Lucia Crisci Bispo for help in field work and to two referees for improvements to the text. Part of this work was also supported by FAPESP, within the BIOTA Program, The Biodiversity Virtual Institute Programme (number 1998/05073–4) (www.biota.org.br).