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
9.
Peridinetus costatus
Champion
(
Fig. 25, 26
)
Peridinetus costatus
Champion, 1907
: 179
.
Seidlitz (1909: 326)
,
Hustache (1938: 8)
,
Blackwelder (1947: 887)
,
O’Brien &
Wibmer (1982
: 178
).
Diagnosis.
Peridinetus costatus
and
P. odone
differ from all known congeners by noticeably ridged elytral interstriae, which are raised on the mid-sections of interstriae 3 and 5.
Peridinetus costatus
has a distinct subapical elytral fascia of yellow setae (
Fig. 25
) and dorsolateral vittae on the pronotum, which are inconspicuous in
P. odone
(
Fig. 28
). The four studied specimens were
3.4–4.2 mm
long (standard length 3.3– 4.0 mm).
Distribution.
This species has been found in southern
Mexico
and
Guatemala
.
Plant association.
Unknown.
Type
material.
2
syntypes
,
Mexico
[without site] (
BMNH
1) and
Guatemala
, Zapote (
BMNH
1).
Material examined.
Mexico
. Veracruz: Los Tuxtlas Biol. Station (
CMNC
2,
JPPC
1).
Guatemala
. Izabal:
8 km
N Las Escobas,
800 m
(
CMNC
1). Total
4 specimens
.