Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen. n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
Author
Prena, Jens
text
Zootaxa
2006
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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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4.
Palliolatrix attenuata
Prena
sp. n.
(
Fig. 5
)
Holotype
male (dissected), labeled: “
PANAMA
:
Chiriqui
/
Cerro Punta
,
8°35'N
/
82°36'W
,
23.VI.1999
/
W. Reeves
” (
CMNC
).
FIGURES 1–10.
Dorsal and lateral aspects of species of
Palliolatrix
.
1
,
P. quadrimaculata
(HT)
;
2
,
P. quadrimaculata
s. l.
(Guatemala, Zapotitlan);
3
,
P. tuberosa
;
4
,
P. infucata
;
5
,
P. attenuata
;
6–7
,
P. palliolatrix
;
8
,
P. pulchra
;
9
,
P. crassa
;
10
,
P. virgata
.
FIGURES 11–28.
Palliolatrix
.
11
, venter, male,
P. palliolatrix
.
12–15
, metafemur and tibia;
12
,
P. palliolatrix
;
13
,
P. infucata
;
14
,
P. crassa
;
15
,
P. pulchra
.
16–25
, male genitalia and associated structures;
16
, sternite 8,
P. palliolatrix
;
17
, sternite 9,
P. palliolatrix
;
18
, ditto,
P. crassa
;
19
, tegmen,
P. palliolatrix
;
20
, aedeagus, lateral,
P. palliolatrix
;
21
, apex of aedeagus, dorsal,
P. palliolatrix
;
22
, ditto,
P. crassa
;
23
, aedeagal flagellum,
P. palliolatrix
;
24
, ditto, detail;
25
; ditto,
P. crassa
.
26–28
, female genitalia and associated structures,
P. palliolatrix
;
26
, sternite 8;
27
, genital tract;
28
, stylus. Scale 0.5 mm for genitalia except
24–25
(0.1 mm),
27
(1.0 mm) and
28
(0.2 mm).
Paratypes
2 (female):
PANAMA
.
Chiriquí Prov.
:
Cerro Punta
,
2200 m
,
23.6.1999
,
W. Reeves
(
JPPC
)
.
COSTA RICA
.
Cartago Prov.
:
Tapantí
—
Macizo de la Muerte N.P.
,
2650 m
,
29.5.2002
,
R. González
, INB0003489628 (
INBC
)
.
Description
. Total length
7.8–8.6 mm
, standard length
7.3–8.3 mm
(n=3). Integument dark red; basic vestiture of microscopic, cupreous scales, minute white scales condensed in elytral fascia, pronotal vitta and on flank. Rostrum 0.95–1.09× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion moderate, dorsum finely costate medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.30–0.33× length of rostrum. Pronotum 0.87–1.00× longer than wide, greatest width near base, sides gradually narrowed toward tubulate frontal portion. Elytra 1.75–1.79× longer than wide, humeri 1.46–1.56× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus moderate for genus. Legs with minute femoral tooth, tibia barely produced ventrally, base slightly curved (as
Fig. 13
).
Distribution
. The species is known from two sites in the Cordilleras Central (
Costa Rica
) and Talamanca (
Panama
) above
2000 m
elevation.
Specific epithet.
A Latin participle; the plain hoodwearer.