Euparius ajax ( Jekel, 1855 ), 1906

Orellana, Samanta & Barrios, Héctor, 2021, Catalogue of the Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Panama, including new country records and a key to genera, Zootaxa 4904 (1), pp. 1-71 : 22-23

29. Euparius ajax ( Jekel, 1855) [New Country Record]

Figs. 17 , 22 .

Cratoparis ajax Jekel, 1855: 124 . Type material: Brazil: Amazon (type material in MNHN).

Euparius ajax ( Jekel, 1855) in Jordan, 1906: 347 ; Wolfrum, 1929: 90 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1947: 770 (catalog); Rheinheimer, 2004: 95 (catalog).

Material examined. PANAMA: [BOCAS DEL TORO] Escudo de Veraguas Island , 13-15-VI-2006, [col.] V. Martinez & D. Correa (2, MIUP) ; [CHIRIQUÍ] 29-XII-2012, host S. mombin , [col.] J. Sanchez (1, MEUP) ; [COLÓN] Sherman , 2-15-VIII-1999, Malaise trap MT304, [col.] J. Pickering (1, MEUP) ; 130 M Sherman Forest Reserve , lon. 79°58’W lat 9°17’N, 6-vi-10-vii-2002, [cols.] Cizek & Hauck, det. B.D. Valentine as Euparius ochrus Jordan, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (2, NMNH) ; [ PANAMÁ OESTE] Canal, Barro Colorado Island , 17-VI-1996, 9°9’N, 79°51’W, [col.] Pickering-Windsor, ID-6694 (1, MEUP) ; idem but 7-VIII-1996, ID-6736 (1, MEUP) ; Barro Colorado Island , 13-20-X-1999, Malaise trap, MT315, [col.] J. Pickering, ID-9736 (1, MEUP) ; Barro Colorado Island , 4-IX-2002, Malaise trap 319; ID-45232 (1, MEUP) ; idem but 28-V-2003, MT316, ID-45609 (1, MEUP) ; idem but 11-VIII-2010, Malaise trap MT311, ID-9604 (1, MEUP) ; Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island , IX-19-1978, [col.] R.B. & L.S. Kimsey, det. B.D. Valentine as Euparius ochrus Jordan, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH) .

Distribution. Nicaragua; Panama * (Bocas del Toro *, Chiriquí *, Colón *, Panamá Oeste*); Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 15–19. Species of Anthribidae recorded from Panama, dorsal habitus. (Tribe Corrhecerini) 15, Corrhecerus hector Jekel. 16, Nemotrichus dorsomaculatus Jekel. (Tribe Cratoparini) 17, Euparius ajax (Jekel). 18, Euparius clitelliger Fahraeus. 19, Euparius stratus Jordan. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 20–24. Species of Anthribidae recorded from Panama, lateral habitus. (Tribe Corrhecerini) 20, Corrhecerus hector Jekel. 21, Nemotrichus dorsomaculatus Jekel. (Tribe Cratoparini) 22, Euparius ajax (Jekel). 23, Euparius clitelliger Fahraeus. 24, Euparius stratus Jordan. Scale bar: 1 mm.