Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen. n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
Author
Prena, Jens
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-09-25
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1319.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1319.1.2
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8.
Palliolatrix virgata
Prena
sp. n.
(
Figs. 10
)
Holotype
female, labeled: “1200' [
365 m
], Anchicaya Dam/
70km
.
E. Buenaventura
,/ Valle,
Colombia
./ II.17.1970.
H. Howden
” (
CMNC
, ex
HPSC
).
Paratypes
none.
Description
. Total length
7.5 mm
, standard length
7.3 mm
. Integument reddish; vestiture of variously sized oval yellow scales condensed in narrow dorsomedian and broad dorsolateral pronotal vittae, in basal half of elytral interstria 3, in distal half of interstria 5 before preapical callus, at apex, flank and venter (except median portion of ventrites 3–5). Rostrum 0.83× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion slight, dorsum finely costate and glabrous medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.40× length of rostrum. Pronotum 1.09× longer than wide, greatest width near base, subconical, tubulate in front. Elytra 1.60× longer than wide, humeri 1.42× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus produced moderately. Legs with large femoral tooth, tibia slightly produced ventrally, base curved.
Distribution
. The species is known only from one site on the Pacific slope in
Colombia
, at approximately
400 m
elevation.
Specific epithet
. A Latin participle; the striped hoodwearer.