Diabrotica dissimilis Jacoby

Species name

Diabrotica dissimilis Jacoby 1887: 531

Type locality

Mexico

Type depository

BMNH, lectotype, female, verified

Synonyms

tenella Baly 1865: 348 (type locality: Mexico; type depository: BMNH, lectotype, female, verified)

prasinomarginata Baly 1890: 71 (type locality: Colombia; type depository: BMNH, holotype, female, verified)

Diagnosis

Body length 6.3-7.9 mm. Body width 3.0-4.2 mm. Head basic color green. Antennaantenna:
<em>(pl. antennae)</em> a pair of a relatively long segmented appendages on the front or upper side of beetle head
filiform, antennomeres 1-7 yellow, 8-11 cinnamon brown. 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
green or deep malachite green, subquadrate, bifoveate, with small round foveae, shagreened with microsculpture narrow, long meshes only basally. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black or olive. Elytra deep malachite green. Elytral epipleura completely green. Sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra dentiform, punctation dense, coarse. Abdomen yellow or yellow ocher. Legs yellow or yellow ocher. Aedeagusaedeagus:
the main sclerotized part of the male genitalia; "aedeagus" is used here instead of "median lobe of aedeagus"
asymmetric, with five internal sac scleritessclerites:
(here) the sclerotized hooks, spines or plates in the internal sac
.

Known distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia

Host plants

Unknown

Remarks

Diabrotica dissimilis Jacoby is a replacement name for D. tenella Baly (1865: 348) wich is preoccupied by tenella LeConte (1858: 88)