Diabrotica occlusa Champion

Species name

Diabrotica occlusa Champion 1920: 221

Type locality

Costa Rica, Guacimo, Atlantic slope

Type depository

BMNH, lectotype, male, verified

Synonyms

chromophora Bechyné 1956: 246 (type locality: San José, Costa Rica; type depository: NMB, holotype, male, verified)

Diagnosis

Body length 3.8-4.9 mm. Body width 1.9-2.3 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 pale olivine, antennomeres 2-11 olive ocher. Maxillary palpi black or amber brown, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
green or pale olivine, quadrate, deeply bifoveate, shagreened with minute wrinkles. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black or amber brown. Elytra green, discdisc:
the middle, more uniform area of a structure (usually elytra or pronotum) which is visible dorsally
black or chestnut, maculatemaculate:
(here) marked by maculae or patches of a different shape and size, usually clearly separated from each other
with three yellow or rufous maculae, one in the basalbasal:
of or pertaining to the base, as in the first, or basal segment of an appendage; opposite of apical
part of elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
, one in the middle and one behind the middle of elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
. Elytral epipleura completely green. Elytral surface with four distinct sinuatesinuate:
curved in some way
sulci, strongest behind the humeral callushumeral callus:
<em>(pl. calli)</em> more or less marked tubercle or knob on the anterobasal angle of elytron
and extending beyond the middle, humeral plicae distinct. Sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra round, punctation scattered, coarse. Abdomen pale olivine or green. Tarsi and tibiae black or chestnut. Femora pale olivine. 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

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Host plants

Unknown