Diabrotica regularis

Species name

Diabrotica regularis Jacoby 1887: 509

Type locality

Panama, Bugaba

Type depository

BMNH, lectotype, female, verified

Diagnosis

Body length 4.1-4.9 mm. Body width 2.1-2.7 mm. Head basic color black. Antennae filiformfiliform:
slender antennae with antennomeres of similar shape
, bi- or tricolored, antennomeres 1-3 yellow, antennomeres 4-8 gradually infuscated, antennomeres 9-10 yellow ocher, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
11 dark apically. Maxillary palpi yellow, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
yellow or mustard yellow, subquadrate, weakly bifoveate, with wide shallow foveae, shagreened with minute wrinkles. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black or amber brown. Elytra yellow or rufous, with two black bandsbands:
(here) transverse maculae on the beetle elytra
, one on the base, another behind the middle. Elytral epipleura completely yellow, sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra obtuse, punctation scattered, coarse. Abdomen yellow. Legs yellow.

Known distribution

Panama

Host plants

Unknown

Potential problems with identification

Diabrotica regularis Jacoby is very similar to D. godmani Jacoby and D. g1n. D. regularis may be a possible synonym of one of these species. They can be separated only by the size difference: D. regularis is much smaller than both similar species.