The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) Author Prena, Jens text Zootaxa 2010 2507 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.195971 e3eee8e4-bbb7-478c-a86b-55b36c3ec399 1175-5326 195971 1. Peridinetus melastomae Champion ( Fig. 11, 12 ) Peridinetus melastomae Champion, 1907 : 174 . Seidlitz (1909: 326) . Conophoria melastomae . Casey (1922: 9) . Peridinetus (Conophoria) melanostoma . Hustache (1938: 9) [lapsus or uncommented emendation]. Peridinetus (Conophoria) melanostomae . Blackwelder (1947: 887) [lapsus]. Peridinetus (Conophoria) melastomae . O’Brien & Wibmer (1982 : 178 ). Diagnosis. Peridinetus melastomae is very similar to P. lateralis (see diagnosis there). It differs from that species by the subconical shape of the pronotum ( Fig. 11 , 54 ), absence of white spots on the pronotal disk and less depressed elytral disk. The studied specimens were 6.7–10.1 mm long (standard length 6.4–9.8 mm ). Distribution. The species has been found in Costa Rica and Panama at 1000–2900 m elevation. Plant association. Piper pittieri (Prena 15 × , larvae and adults), P. tenuimucronatum (Prena 8 × ), P. lanceaefolium (Prena 2 × ), P. obliquum (Prena 2 × ), P. e p i g y n i u m (Prena 1 × ). FIGURES 4–8. Male terminalia of P. ecuadoricus , Matagalpa (Nicaragua). 4–5, aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, internal sac everted. 6, sternite 8, ventral view, with modified seta (not to scale). 7, sternite 9, dorsal view. 8, tegmen, dorsal view. FIGURES 9–16. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetellus and Peridinetus species. 9–10, Peridinetellus subglaber , La Selva (Costa Rica); 11–12, Peridinetus melastomae , Monteverde (Costa Rica); 13–14, P. notabilis , Guanacaste N.P. (Costa Rica); 15–16, P. p i c t u s , Río Tuquesa (Panamá). Type material. Holotype , Costa Rica , [Valle de los] Arcángeles ( BMNH ). Material examined. Costa Rica . Cartago: R.F. Río Macho, Hwy. km 96, 2900 m ( INBC 1, JPPC 12); R.F. Río Macho, La Esperanza del Guarco, Hwy. km 61, 2400 m ( INBC 1); Cañon, Hwy. km 58, Genesis II, 2300 m ( JPPC 7). Heredia: P.N. Braulio Carrillo, 6 km ENE Vara Blanca, 2000 m ( INBC 1, JPPC 8), Est. Barva, 2500 m ( INBC 4). Limón: Cerros Tararia, 2650 m ( INBC 2); P.N. La Amistad, Valle del Silencio, 2500 m ( JPPC 8). Puntarenas: R.F. Los Santos, Hwy. km 70, Mirador de Quetzales, 2650 m ( JPPC 2); San Gerardo de Dota, 2400 m ( INBC 1, JPPC 3); Monteverde, 1500–1600 m ( CHAH 1, INBC 1, JPPC 3). San José: Valle de los Arcángeles, 1500 m ( BMNH 1); 3 km NE Esperanza ( HPSC 1). Panamá . Chiriquí: Volcán, 2600 m ( BMNH 1). Total 65 specimens .