Palliolatrix, Prena, 2006

Prena, Jens, 2006, Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen. n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 1319 (1), pp. 15-28 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1319.1.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5073061

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/354887FB-1058-FFCE-F134-FDADB31DF921

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scientific name

Palliolatrix
status

 

Key to the Middle American species of Palliolatrix

1. Elytra with macula of black scales ............................................................................... 2

­ Elytra without black macula, yellowish or red color­pattern present or not ................ 3

2. Elytra with moderately raised preapical callus, additional median callus at interstriae 3 and 4 absent; pronotal disk without pair of tubercles; preapical callus without vitta of light colored scales ( Fig. 1, 2 View FIGURES 1–10 ); dorsal transition between head and rostrum slightly depressed; Guatemala and Mexico (Chiapas)...............................1. P. quadrimaculata

­ Elytra with notably raised preapical callus and additional median callus at interstriae 3 and 4 (may be indistinct in small specimens); pronotal disk with pair of tubercles, preapical callus with vitta of light colored scales ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–10 ); dorsal transition between head and rostrum angular; Guatemala to Colombia................................. 2. P. tuberosa

3. Total length 4.9–5.2 mm; prothorax and elytra with color­pattern of vermilion and light yellow scales ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–10 ) ........................................................................ 6. P.pulchra

­ Total length 6.9–10.3 mm; prothorax and elytra without vermilion scales................... 4

4. Femoral tooth minute, shorter than tarsal claw ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–28 ) ............................................. 5

­ Femoral tooth distinct, approximately as long as tarsal claw ( Fig. 12, 14 View FIGURES 11–28 ) ................. 6

5. Body with distinct vestiture of elongate yellowish scales ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–10 ), pronotum larger, bell­shaped ................................................................................................ 3. P. infucata

­ Body with vestiture of microscopic hairs and minute scales ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–10 ), pronotum smaller, conical ..................................................................................................... 4. P. attenuata

6. Venter with indistinct yellow hairs; Costa Rica and Panama, Cordilleras Central and Talamanca ............................................................................................. 5. P. palliolatrix

­ Venter with light yellow, oval scales; Colombia, Pacific side ..................................... 7

7. Elytral interstriae 3 and 5 without distinct vitta of light­colored scales, interstria 3 with distinct callosity at middle ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1–10 )..............................................................7. P.crassa

­ Elytral interstriae 3 and 5 with distinct vittae of light­colored scales, interstria 3 without callosity at middle ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1–10 )..................................................................8. P. virgata

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

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