Entimus arrogans, Pascoe, 1872

Morrone, Juan J., 2002, The Neotropical Weevil Genus Entimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): Cladistics, Biogeography, And Modes Of Speciation, The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4), pp. 501-513 : 505-506

E. arrogans Pascoe

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Entimus arrogans Pascoe 1872:448 .

Entimus plebejus Roelofs 1875 :XXXVIII; Champion 1911:301 (5 E. arrogans ).

Diagnosis. Frontal groove widened; pronotum as wide as long, with rounded postocular lobes, and decumbent setae; scutellum protruding; elytra with rounded humeri, interstriae with rounded tubercles, and abundant setae; setalike scales uniformly covering elytra, imbricate, present on intestriae; elytra

with white bands; and male legs with scarce setae. Total length (pronotum 1 elytra): 24–30 mm.

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Material Examined. COSTA RICA. Limón: Est. Hitoy Cerere, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy , 100 m, 6/ 16­V­1992, G. Carballo coll., 1 ( INBio) . Puntarenas: Est. La Casona, Res. Biol. Monteverde , 1,520 m, III­1992, N. Obando coll., 1 ( INBio) . Without more precise data, 1 ( BMNH) . PANAMA. Without more precise data, 1 syntype of E. arrogans (BMNH) .

Figures

Figs. 2–5. Phaedropus togatus and Entimus spp., habitus photographs. 2) Phaedropus togatus (13 mm length); 3) Entimus arrogans (30 mm length); 4) E. excelsus (25 mm length); 5) E. fastuosus (35 mm length).