Peridinetus pictus Kirsch

Prena, Jens, 2010, The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2507, pp. 1-36 : 12

4. Peridinetus pictus Kirsch

( Fig. 15, 16 )

Peridinetus pictus Kirsch, 1870: 207 . Brauer (1870: 134), Gemminger & Harold (1871: 2617), Chevrolat (1883: 81), Hustache (1938: 10), Blackwelder (1947: 887), Wibmer & O’Brien (1986: 280).

Peridinetus flavopictus . Chevrolat [manuscript name].

Diagnosis. Peridinetus pictus is a small, stout species with a conspicuous yellow mark on the elytra ( Fig. 15 ); it cannot be confused with any other Middle American weevil. The studied specimens were 3.6–4.2 mm long (standard length 3.5–4.0 mm).

Plant association. Unknown.

Distribution. This species occurs in South America ( Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) and ranges into eastern Panama. It is here newly recorded for Middle America.

Type material. Holotype, Colombia, Bogotá ( SNSD).

Material examined. Panamá. Darién Prov.: Río Tuquesa at Marraganti, 20 m ( HPSC 1, USNM 1). Colombia. Cundinamarca: Bogotá ( USNM 1, SNSD 1); Honda ( NHRS 1). Meta: Ciénaga ( USNM 4); Restrepo ( CWOB 1, JPPC 1). Tolima: Ibagué ( MNHP 2). Without collecting site: ( AMNH 1). French Guiana. St. Laurent ( ZIUH 2). Venezuela. Mérida: El Playon ( CWOB 1). Peru. “or[iente]” ( Chevrolat 1883). Uruguay. ( ZIUH 1). Total 19 specimens.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetellus and Peridinetus species. 9 – 10, Peridinetellus subglaber, La Selva (Costa Rica); 11 – 12, Peridinetus melastomae, Monteverde (Costa Rica); 13 – 14, P. notabilis, Guanacaste N. P. (Costa Rica); 15 – 16, P. p i c t u s, Río Tuquesa (Panamá).