Diabrotica curvipustulata Baly

Species name

Diabrotica curvipustulata Baly 1890: 44

Type locality

Colombia

Type depository

BMNH, lectotype, male, verified

Diagnosis

Body length 5.5-6.9 mm. Body width 2.9-3.7 mm. Head basic color green. Antennae filiformfiliform:
slender antennae with antennomeres of similar shape
, bi- or tricolored, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
1 pale olivine, antennomeres 2-3 yellow, antennomeres 4-11 yellow ocher. Maxillary palpi yellow or yellow ocher, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
yellow ocher. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
paris green or green, subquadrate, bifoveate, with small round foveae, not shagreened. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
yellow. Elytra green, maculatemaculate:
(here) marked by maculae or patches of a different shape and size, usually clearly separated from each other
with three obtuse-edged, round, sulphur yellow maculae on each elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
. Humeral calli tinged with amber. Elytral epipleura completely green. Sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra round, punctation dense, fine. Abdomen yellow. Tarsi and tibiae yellow or yellow ocher, femora paris green. Aedeagusaedeagus:
the main sclerotized part of the male genitalia; "aedeagus" is used here instead of "median lobe of aedeagus"
symmetric, with five internal sac scleritessclerites:
(here) the sclerotized hooks, spines or plates in the internal sac
.

Known distribution

Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia

Host plants

Unknown

Potential problems with identification

Diabrotica curvipustulata Baly is very similar to D. selecta Jacoby. They can be separated by the following features: elytra in D. curvipustulata are maculatemaculate:
(here) marked by maculae or patches of a different shape and size, usually clearly separated from each other
with three maculae on each elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
, one basalbasal:
of or pertaining to the base, as in the first, or basal segment of an appendage; opposite of apical
, another, with a process directed to the humerus, in the middle and the third, comma-shaped, behind the middle, while in D. selecta elytra are maculatemaculate:
(here) marked by maculae or patches of a different shape and size, usually clearly separated from each other
with with maculae, one basalbasal:
of or pertaining to the base, as in the first, or basal segment of an appendage; opposite of apical
and one apicalapical:
of or pertaining to the apex; opposite of basal
, and one yellow band in the middle interrupted in the sutural area; elytra in D. selecta are smoother than in D. curvipustulata, with fineer and vague punctation; the head of D. curvipustulata is green, but orange or rufous in D. selecta.