Diabrotica jamaicensis Bryant

Species name

Diabrotica jamaicensis Bryant 1924: 251

Type locality

Cinchona, Jamaica

Type depository

BMNH, holotype, male, verified

Diagnosis

Body length 5.0-5.9 mm. Body width 2.6-3.1 mm. Head basic color black. Antennae filiformfiliform:
slender antennae with antennomeres of similar shape
, bi- or tricolored, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
1 and 9-10 sulphur yellow, antennomeres 2-3 yellow, antennomeres 4-8 gradually infuscated, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
11 brussels brown. Maxillary palpi and labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black or piceous. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
yellow or mustard yellow, subquadrate, nonfoveate, not shagreened. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
piceous or black. Elytra yellow or rufous, vittatevittate:
(here) marked by longitudinally extended maculae different from the basic color of elytron
black, curved inwards to the middle, not extending to the apexapex:
<em>(pl. apices)</em> the far distal end of a structure; opposite of base
. Elytral epipleura completely yellow. 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 black or piceous. Femora uniform yellow. 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

Jamaica

Host plants

Unknown