Diabrotica scutellata Jacoby

Species name

Diabrotica scutellata Jacoby 1887: 529

Type locality

Mexico, Cordova

Type depository

BMNH, lectotype, female, verified

Diagnosis

Body length 3.9-4.6 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 cinnamon brown. Maxillary palpi yellow or yellow ocher, labrumlabrum:
the "upper lip" of beetles, a movable sclerite joined under clypeus
black or chestnut. Pronotumpronotum:
the notum of the prothorax with highly sclerotized pronotal disc
paris green or green, subquadrate, deeply bifoveate, shagreened with minute wrinkles. Scutellumscutellum:
small, usually triangular shield between the bases of elytra
black or amber brown, Elytra green, maculatemaculate:
(here) marked by maculae or patches of a different shape and size, usually clearly separated from each other
with one scutellar chestnut macula and two diffuse sulphur yellow maculae on each elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
, one humeral and one in apicalapical:
of or pertaining to the apex; opposite of basal
area of elytronelytron:
<em>(pl. elytra)</em> the fore highly sclerotized wing of beetle
. Elytral epipleura yellow basally, green apically, 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, sutural anglesutural angle:
the posterior angle or apex of the elytron near the suture
of elytra round, punctation dense, coarse. Abdomen pale olivine or green. Tarsi and tibiae black or amber brown, 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

Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua

Host plants

Unknown