Adetus bacillarius Bates, 1885

(Fig. 14–16, 81)

Adetus bacillarius Bates 1885: 344; Lameere 1893: 275 (distr.); Aurivillius 1900: 412 (distr.); 1922: 289 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 596 (checklist); Chemsak and Linsley 1970: 406 (lect.); Breuning 1971: 305; Chemsak et al. 1992: 114 (cat.); Cools 1993: 38 (paratypes); Monné 1994: 25 (cat.): Monné and Giesbert 1994: 184 (checklist); Martínez 2000: 95 (distr.); Turnbow et al. 2003: 20 (distr.); Ødegaard 2004: 86 (hosts); Monné 2005: 277 (cat.); Wappes et al. 2006: 24 (distr.); Hovore 2006: 375 (distr.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 223 (checklist); Swift et al. 2010: 49 (distr.); Galileo et al. 2014a: 9 (distr.); Lagos and Barrios 2014: 20 (distr.); Monné 2018: 378 (cat.).

Adetus bacilliarius; Audureau 2008: 14 (distr., error); Maes et al. 2010: 79 (distr., error).

Adetus bacillarius was originally described from Guatemala and Panama and subsequently has been reported from other Central and South American countries. As in other species of Adetus, the metatibiae is notably wider in males than in females. The mesotibiae is also distinctly sulcate dorsally with short, thick setae in this area.

As reported by Bates (1885), A. bacillarius is very similar to A. cylindricus . It differs by having the elytral apex with a narrow, light pubescent band (absent in A. cylindricus), and by the area near apex with only a short pubescent tuft laterally (which may be absent), without a transverse whitish band ( A. cylindricus has a distinct transverse whitish pubescent band, in the same area, from suture toward sides).

Known geographical distribution (Monné 2018). Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay.

Material examined. MEXICO (New country record), Chiapas: Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello ( Laguna Pojoj), 1 male, 1 female, 12.VI.1989, H. Howden col. (ACMT); ( Lagos des Colores) , 1 female, 12.V.1969, J.M. Campbell col. (MZSP) . COSTA RICA, Limón: Hamburg Farm ( Rio Reventazón), 1 female, 10.XII.1923 ; 1 female, 10.VI.1923, F. Nervermann col. (MZSP). Cartago: Turrialba (800 m), 1 female, 25.VII.1923, Schild col. (MZSP) . PANAMA, Panama: Cerro Campana, 1 male, 16–17 V.1999, Wappes and Morris col. (ACMT) ; Cerro Azul, 1 female, 29.V.1983, Wappes col. (ACMT). Colón: 2 km W Cuango, 1 male, 2.V.1992, Wappes col. (ACMT) ; 20 km E Portobello, 1 male, 14–17.II.1999, Wappes col. (ACMT). Bocas del Toro: 12 km W Chiriqui Grande, 1 male, 20–22.II.1999, Wappes col. (ACMT) . BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: 4–6 km SSE Buena Vista, Flora and Fauna Hotel, 1 male, 15–29 VIII.2003, R. Clarke col. (ACMT) ; 1 male, 2004, Wappes and Cline col. (MZSP); 1 female, 1–2 V.2004, Wappes & Cline col. (ACMT); 2 females, 27–29 X.2000, Wappes & Morris col. (ACMT); 1 female, 14–16 X.2000, Wappes & Morris col. (RFMC); 2 males, 1 female, 17–30.IV.2003, R. Clarke col. (ACMT); 5 km W Buena Vista, El Cairo, 1 male, 18–30.VI.2003, R. Clarke col. (ACMT) ; Potrerillo del Guendá, 370 m, Reserva Natural, 40 km NW Santa Cruz, 17°40′S / 63°27′W, 1 female, 30.IX-3.X.2007, Wappes and Morris col. (ACMT) ; ( 400 m, 17°40.26′S / 63°27.43′W, 1 male, 6–9.X.2006, Wappes, Nearns and Eya col. (ACMT); 1 male, 16–22.X.2006, Wappes, Nearns and Eya col. (ACMT) . BRAZIL (New country record), Goiás: Rio Araguaia, 1 specimen, VIII.1960, former Dirings col. (MZSP). São Paulo: Presidente Epitácio, 1 male, 22.X.1922, D.F. Dhans col. (MZSP). Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas (Fazenda Yamaguti – Córrego da Onça), 1 female, X.1964, Exp. Dep. Zool. col. (MZSP). Pará: Rodovia Transamazônica, Km 97, 1 female, A.C. Mendes col. (MZSP) .