Sexual dimorphism in Diabrotica speciosa and Diabrotica viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Zendy

Mayara De Carli | Zendy; Caroline Rech | Zendy; José Maurício S. Bento | Zendy; Cristiane Nardi | Zendy

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Sexual dimorphism in Diabrotica speciosa and Diabrotica viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Author(s) -

Mayara De Carli,

Caroline Rech,

José Maurício S. Bento,

Cristiane Nardi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

revista brasileira de entomologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 1806-9665

pISSN - 0085-5626

DOI - 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.04.004

Subject(s) - biology , sexual dimorphism , seta , botany , zoology , genus

Diabrotica speciosa (Germar) and Diabrotica viridula F. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are the two most abundant species of the genus in South America, and belong to the fucata and virgifera groups, respectively. Here, we characterize the dimorphism of the setae present on the basitarsi of males and females of these species. Dimorphism was confirmed in both species, and it was related to the presence of adhesive setae exclusively in males, which possess these structures on the basal tarsomeres of the pro- and mesothoracic legs.

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