Diabrotica regalis Baly

Species name

Diabrotica regalis Baly 1859: 270

Type locality

Columbia

Type depository

BMNH, holotype, female, verified

Diagnosis

Body length 9.9-10.5 mm. Body width 5.7-6.1 mm. Head basic color black. Antennae filiformfiliform:
slender antennae with antennomeres of similar shape
, bi- or tricolored, antennomeres 1-3 yellow, upper sides darkened, antennomeres 4-8 brussels brown, antennomeres 9-10 yellow ocher, antennomereantennomere:
"segment" of antenna, more or less clearly separated
11 dark apically. Maxillary palpi black or piceous, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
yellow or mustard yellow, transverse, nonfoveate, not shagreened. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black. Elytra yellow or rufous, elytral discdisc:
the middle, more uniform area of a structure (usually elytra or pronotum) which is visible dorsally
black, with five yellow maculae on each elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
: two maculae at the base, two - in the middle and one - at 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 obtuse-angled, punctation dense, fine. Abdomen yellow or yellow ocher. Tarsi black or piceous, tibiae black, femora yellow or yellow ocher. 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

Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, French Guiana

Host plants

Unknown