Diabrotica fasciata Kirsch 1883
Creators: name: Derunkov, A.
name: Konstantinov, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Diabrotica
Diabrotica fasciata

description: Diabrotica fasciata Kirsch 1883 original combination restored
(Figs 75–79)
fasciata Kirsch 1883: 200 (type locality: Ecuador; type depository: MTD, lectotype, male, designated by Smith and Lawrence 1967: 66, examined). Smith and Lawrence 1967: 66 (as Paranapiacaba fasciata)
Material examined: Lectotype male (MTD): 1) [4328]; 2) [Ecuador Stübel]; 3) [Typus]; 4) [Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden]; 5) [Diabrotica fasciata Kirsch]; 6) [Lectotype Diabrotica fasciata Kirsch Smith 1965]; 7) [Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (MTD)]. Two males (MCZ): [R. Dagua, Colombia W. Rosenberg]. One male (MCZ): [Panama Panama]. Male (USNM): 1) [Costa Rica F.Nevermann 27 7 34]; 2) [Hamburgfarm Reventazon Ebene limon]; 3) [fliegend gefangen]. Female (USNM): 1) [Costa Rica F.Nevermann 4 VII 35]; 2) [Hamburgfarm Reventazon Ebene limon]; 3) [an Gebüsch]. Male (USNM): [Costa Rica: Puntarenas Prov., Monte Verde, 1300 m. 8 July 1989. MV lite. leg. David G. Furth]. Male (USNM): [Costa Rica: Puntarenas Prov., Monte Verde Biol. Res., Camino Penas Blancas, Atlantic side. ca. 1400 m. 20 July 1989. MV lite. leg. David G. Furth]. Male (USNM): [Panama: Chiriqui Prov. Cont’l Divide Trail 3-4-VII-1997 Morris & Wappes]. Female (USNM): 1) [Tucurrique Costa Rica]; 2) [CollSchild & Burgdorf]; 3) [Diabrotica near militaris].
Smith and Lawrence (1967) placed D. fasciata in the genus Paranapiacaba Bechyné. The most important external morphological character that distinguishes Diabrotica from Paranapiacaba is a length of antennomere 3. This antennomere is at least 2 times as long as antennomere 2 in Paranapiacaba and subequal (not more than 1.5 times as long as the second) in Diabrotica (Bechyné 1958, Smith and Lawrence 1967). Antennomere 3 in the lectotype and in all other studied specimens of D. fasciata is 1.5 times as long as antennomere 2. Antennomere 2 in Paranapiacaba is without setation, antennomere 3 has the same setation as antennomere 4, but it is denser on antennomere 4. In Diabrotica, antennomere 2 has sparse setation, as dense as setation on antennomeres 3 and 4. Antennomeres 2 and 3 in the D. fasciata type match the antennomere shape in Diabrotica. Smith and Lawrence stated that the lectotype of D. fasciata is a female. However, we studied the lectotype at MTD, and it is a male. The internal sac armament of D. fasciata (Figs 77–79) is typical for Diabrotica species with 5 internal sac sclerites, mostly consisting of strongly sclerotized hooks or spines, similar to those of D. militaris Jacoby, D. circulata Harold, D. trifurcata Jacoby, etc. The armament of the internal sac in Paranapiacaba is different. Diabrotica fasciata was cited in the tricincta group of Paranapiacaba in Wilcox’s catalogue (Wilcox, 1971). The armament of the internal sac in Paranapiacaba tricincta (Say) consists of weakly sclerotized structures that look like wide plates, toothed apically. Based on the internal sac armament and external morphological features, we restore the original combination Diabrotica fasciata.
description: Published as part of Derunkov, A. & Konstantinov, A., 2013, Taxonomic changes in the genus Diabrotica Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae): results of a synopsis of North and Central America Diabrotica species, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 3686 (3) on page 322, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/247089