Robles-Pérez Rafael, Solis M Alma
Estudiante de Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias; Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit; Km 9 carretera Tepic-Compostela. C.P. 63780; Xalisco; Nayarit; México.
Systematic Entomology Laboratory; Beltsville Agriculture Research Center; Agricultural Research Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; c/o National Museum Natural History; MRC 168; Smithsonian Institution; P.O. Box 37012; Washington; District of Columbia; United States of America; 20013-7012.
Zootaxa. 2024 Nov 6;5536(4):569-580. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.4.4.
Between 2022 and 2023, over a thousand larvae and pupae of sugarcane borers in the genus Diatraea Guilding, 1828, were collected in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, and reared to adults to identify them based on the morphology of genitalia. Although two species, Diatraea considerata Heinrich, 1931, and D. magnifactella Dyar, 1911, had been reported to occur in western Mexico, we discovered a new species of sugarcane borer, Diatraea nayaritella Robles & Solis, sp. nov., from Nayarit, Mexico. It had been preliminarily identified as D. considerata, which was described from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Additionally, we designate a lectotype for D. magnifactella, new lectotype, from Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico, to stabilize the name and identity of this species. The distribution of D. magnifactella is discussed.
2022年至2023年期间，在墨西哥纳亚里特州收集了1000多头属于1828年吉尔丁氏甘蔗螟属的幼虫和蛹，并将其饲养至成虫，以便根据生殖器形态对其进行鉴定。尽管此前报道称有两种甘蔗螟，即1931年的希氏甘蔗螟和1911年的大斑甘蔗螟在墨西哥西部出现，但我们在墨西哥纳亚里特州发现了一种新的甘蔗螟物种，即纳亚里特甘蔗螟（Diatraea nayaritella Robles & Solis, sp. nov.）。它最初被鉴定为希氏甘蔗螟，该种是从墨西哥锡那罗亚州描述的。此外，我们为大斑甘蔗螟指定了一个新模式标本，新的模式标本来自墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州的奥里萨巴，以稳定该物种的名称和身份。文中还讨论了大斑甘蔗螟的分布情况。
