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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7.
Palliolatrix crassa
Prena
sp. n.
(
Figs. 9
,
14, 18, 22, 25
)
Holotype
male (dissected), labeled: “
COLOMBIA
:
Choco
,
Munguirri–Motordo
,/
30km
e.
Quibdo
,
400m
/ 1° for.
27 June 1985
/ leg.
D.G. Furth
” (CASC, currently in
CWOB
as longterm loan).
Paratypes
3 (
2 males
,
1 female
):
COLOMBIA
.
Chocó Prov.
:
Munguirri–Motordo
,
30 km
E Quibdo
,
400 m
,
27.6.1985
,
D. Furth
(
JPPC
)
.
Valle Prov.
:
Alto Anchicaya
,
500 m
, 29.–
31.7.1983
,
B. Gill
(
CMNC
)
.
Anchicaya
dam,
70 km
E Buenaventura
,
400 m
,
26.7.1970
,
H. & A. Howden
(
CMNC
)
.
Description
. Total length
8.3–9.1 mm
, standard length
8.1–8.8 mm
(n=4). Integument reddish; basic vestiture of yellow, hairlike scales condensed in narrow dorsomedian and broad dorsolateral pronotal vittae, venter (except median portion of ventrites 3–5) with large whitish scales. Rostrum 0.71–0.78× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion slight, dorsum finely costate medially, antennal club relatively small, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.37–0.39× length of rostrum. Pronotum 1.09–1.14× longer than wide, greatest width in basal third, sides gently rounded and tubulate in front. Elytra 1.43–1.50× longer than wide, humeri 1.35–1.46× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 with gently rising and abruptly declining tumidity at midlength, preapical callus rather weak for genus. Legs with large femoral tooth, tibia produced ventrally, base notably curved (
Fig. 14
).
Distribution
. The species is known from two sites on the Pacific slope in
Colombia
, both at approximately
500 m
elevation.
Specific epithet
. A Latin adjective; the big hoodwearer.