New species of Diabrotica Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) and a key to Diabrotica and related genera: results of a synopsis of North and Central American Diabrotica species

Alexander Derunkov; Laura R. Prado; Alexey K. Tishechkin; Alexander S. Konstantinov

doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.2

Issue: Vol. 3 No. 2 (2015)

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-05

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.2

Page range: 1-55

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New species of Diabrotica Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) and a key to Diabrotica and related genera: results of a synopsis of North and Central American Diabrotica species

Alexander Derunkov⁺⁻
Laura R. Prado⁺⁻
Alexey K. Tishechkin⁺⁻
Alexander S. Konstantinov⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA and Scientific Practical Center for Bioresources, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademicheskaia str., 27, 220072 Minsk, Belarus

Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, CEP 04263–000, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 70803, USA and Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

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Abstract

The following 18 new species of Diabrotica are described and illustrated as a result of the synopsis of North and Central American species: D. barclayi sp. nov., Guatemala; D. caveyi sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. costaricensis sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. dmitryogloblini sp. nov., Mexico; D. duckworthorum sp. nov., Honduras; D. hartjei sp. nov., Panama; D. josephbalyi sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. lawrencei sp. nov., Mexico; D. mantillerii sp. nov., Panama; D. martinjacobyi sp. nov., Honduras; D. mitteri sp. nov., Panama; D. perkinsi sp. nov., Guatemala; D. redfordae sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. reysmithi sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. salvadorensis sp. nov., El Salvador; D. sel sp. nov., Panama; D. spangleri sp. nov., Costa Rica; D. waltersi sp. nov., Panama. In addition, a key to separate Diabrotica from related genera is presented.