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Tool updates

Diabrotica ID was updated in February 2015 to reflect a number of newly described species. These changes are shown below.

D. barclayi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 6 s2n
D. caveyi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 8 m4n
D. costaricensis Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 10 v2n
D. dmitryogloblini Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 12 v1n
D. duckworthorum Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 14 a1n
D. hartjei Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 19 g2n
D. josephbalyi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 21 m2n
D. lawrencei Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 23 h1n
D. lopatini Derunkov, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2013: 116 pl1n
D. mantillerii Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 25 pl4
D. mitteri Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 31 g1n
D. perkinsi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 34 p4n
D. redfordae Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 37 f2n
D. reysmithi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 40 m1n
D. salvadorensis Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 42 p2n
D. sel Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 45 spn22
D. spangleri Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 49 p5n
D. waltersi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin, Konstantinov 2015: 51 e2n


Two species that had been circumscribed in this tool previously, p3n and v3n, were not described. These two species are known from just a few specimens, and variability of other species may cover these in question. These species were removed from the fact sheets and the key to avoid confusion.

Derunkov, Alexander, Laura R. Prado, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Alexander S. Konstantinov. 2015. New species of Diabrotica Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) and a key to Diabrotica and related genera: results of a synopsis of North and Central American Diabrotica species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity Vol. 3 (2): 1-55.