Diabrotica dmitrygloblini Derunkov, et al.

Species name

Diabrotica dmitrygloblini Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 12

Type locality

Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

Type depository

MCZ, holotype, male

Diagnosis

Body length 6.8-7.0 mm. Body width 3.4-3.8 mm. Head basic color green. Antennae serrateserrate:
in reference to antennae, saw-like, often with a sharp ridge on the outer margin
, with thickened antennomeres 4-8, bi- or tricolored, antennomeres 1-3 pale olivine, antennomeres 4-8 gradually infuscated, antennomeres 9-10 light cadmium, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
11 cinnamon brown. Maxillary palpi yellow or yellow ocher, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
paris green or green, subquadrate, weakly bifoveate, with wide shallow foveae, not shagreened. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black or amber brown. Elytra bicolored, with yellow disk and green margins, with two transverse bandsbands:
(here) transverse maculae on the beetle elytra
, redused to a substantial degree, associated with humeral and sutural black or chestnut short vittae or spots. Elytral epipleura completely green. Elytral surface not sulcatesulcate:
bearing the carinae or ridges on the elytron
, sometimes with one or two short plicae in posthumeral area, sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra round, punctation scattered, fine. Abdomen pale olivine or green. Tarsi yellow or yellow ocher, tibiae bicolored, yellow, outer edge with piceous or testaceous line, or extensively darkened. Femora pale olivine. Aedeagusaedeagus:
the main sclerotized part of the male genitalia; "aedeagus" is used here instead of "median lobe of aedeagus"
symmetric, with four internal sac scleritessclerites:
(here) the sclerotized hooks, spines or plates in the internal sac
.

Known distribution

Mexico

Host plants

Unknown

Potential problems with identification

Diabrotica dmitrygloblini Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov is very similar to D. viridicollis Jacoby, D. v2n and D. v3n. They can be separated by the following features: head is green with brownish olive vertexvertex:
the upper part of the head capsule behind the eyes
in D. v1n, yellow with chestnut vertexvertex:
the upper part of the head capsule behind the eyes
in D. viridicollis and black in D. v2n and D. v3n; pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
is nonfoveate in D. viridicollis, but foveate in D. v1n, D. v2n and D. v3n; pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
is not shagreened in D. v1n, but shagreened in D. v3n; black bandsbands:
(here) transverse maculae on the beetle elytra
are reduced to a substantial degree in D. v1n, but strongly marked in D. viridicollis; body shape is more convex and wider in D. viridicollis than in D. v1n and D. v3n; D. v1n is larger than D. v3n, but smaller than D. v2n .