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Anderson
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(
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,
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)
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Identification.—This species is easily recognized by its small size (&lt;
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in length) and appearance of a
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rather than a typical
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. Among
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it has a characteristic color pattern (
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); a long narrow cylindrical evenly curved rostrum with the basal portion abruptly swollen immediately anterior to the eyes, the antennae inserted by about the width of the base of the scape from the anterior margin of the eyes (
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); femora clavate, long and narrow, the hind femur almost reaching the apex of the pygidium (
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); pygidium with the apical one­half sharply carinate and setose but not tumescent (
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). In its small size and color pattern this species most closely resembles
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and
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(Vaurie)
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.
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<emphasis id="BBEB572714355B17FECCFA40FE5BED8E" bold="true" box="[264,483,1487,1511]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">FIGURES 119­123.</emphasis>
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Anderson.
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119. Lateral view of head, male. 120. Lateral view of head, female. 121. Antenna. 122. Hind leg, male. 123. Pygidium, male.
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Description.— Male, length 6.0­
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. Female, length,
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. Color black and red. Head and rostrum black except for small reddish spot laterally on swollen basal portion of rostrum. Pronotum with median broad black line and lateral broad black line at lateral declivity; flanks with narrower black line immediately dorsad of front coxae. Elytra red with black “V” shaped vitta at middle extended from sutural interval to interval 2; also with elytral intervals 6 to 10 variously black or infuscate in posterior one­half. Ventrally with prosternum, lateral portions of metasternum and lateral portions of ventrites 2­5 red; otherwise black.
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Material examined.—Male
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labelled “
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: Prov./ Puntarenas,
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/ SE Monte Verde, /
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/
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, 84°48”, “
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/ H.A. Hespenheide”, “palm leaf” (INBC). Female ALLOTYPE labelled “Est. La Casona,
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/ Res. Biol. Monteverde, / Prov. Punt.
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/ J.C. Saborio,
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/ L­N­253250, 449700”. INBio barcode 578208 (INBC).
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(2, 3).
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. PUNTARENAS PROVINCE.
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Cloud Forest Reserve,
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,
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,
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,
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, C.W. &amp; L.B. OBrien (1);
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, 1650m, R. Anderson, on stems/roots of epiphytic
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(2). Estacion Biologia Monteverde,
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,
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,
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,
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, N. Franz (1);
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, 1730m, R. Anderson, on stems/roots of epiphytic
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(1).
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in CMNC, CWOB.
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Distribution.—
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(Puntarenas).
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Natural history.—Specimens were collected from
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elevation in the vicinity of Monteverde and
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in Puntarenas province. Three specimens were collected by beating the roots and stems of epiphytic
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. The
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was collected on a palm leaf but this is likely incidental.
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Derivation of specific name.—This species is named after Patricia Vaurie (
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). Her extensive works on the genus
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<emphasis id="BBEB572714375B15FD32FECBFC3CE934" box="[758,900,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Metamasius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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) and other related genera still serve as the primary reference works for the study of these weevils. An obituary and bibliography was published in in
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the journal, The Coleopterists Bulletin 36: 453­457.
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Comments.—This species was first recognized as new by Patricia Vaurie in 1978. She placed a determination label on the
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questioning whether it was perhaps
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<emphasis id="BBEB572714375B15FB72FD83FE26EA24" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Metamasius scutiger</emphasis>
Champion
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, another small, but distinct species described from neighbouring
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.
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