Review of Anthobaris Hustache and description of a new species from Costa Rica (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Baridinae)
Author
Prena, Jens
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-25
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journal article
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Anthobaris affabra
(Boheman)
,
new combination
(
Figs. 1–3
)
Centrinus affaber
Boheman
in
Schönherr, 1844: 209
Anthobaris denticulata
Hustache, 1951: 55
,
new synonymy
Diagnosis.
Specimens of
A. affabra
are glabrous and lack the conspicuous setation of the other two species. Other morphological details with diagnostic value are the prominent subapical callosity on the elytron and the ventrodistally unmodified fifth tarsomere.
Notes.
Centrinus affaber
was indexed without page number in
Hustache (1938)
but did not appear in the catalogue itself. Because of the confusion with
B. affaber
, the name has never been transferred formally to
Anthobaris
. The
type
specimen for
C. affaber
, an almost black, probably greasy female from the State of
Minas Gerais
(
Fig. 1
), agrees morphologically with bluish specimens from the southerly adjacent state. Hustache probably had seen the
type
in preparation of the Junk Catalogue but did not associate the name with the bluish specimens described as
A. denticulata
. My well-preserved specimen from Cipó (
Fig. 3
) shows the natural metallic luster of this species. I have seen only females.
Baridius affaber
is removed here from
Anthobaris
and transferred to Baridinae
incertae sedis
.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
.
Minas Gerais State
, without collecting site, [
C.H. Bescke
],
1 female
,
holotype
for
C. affaber
,
Fig. 1
(
NHRS
, Schönherr Collection ex Mannerheim Collection).
São Paulo State
, Cipó,
23° 49' S
,
46° 47' W
,
22.xi.1969
,
V.N.
Alin
,
1 female
(
JPPC
, ex
CHAH
).
Without
locality,
1 female
,
holotype
for
A. denticulata
,
Fig. 2
(
MNHN
). Additional material (not examined)
:
BRAZIL
.
São Paulo
[state or municipality],
paratype
for
A. denticulata
(NMP)
.