Chryasus sculpturatus (Casey) Prena, 2024

Prena, Jens, 2024, Consolidation of Aniops Casey, Psiona Casey, Preglyptobaris Bondar and Prospoliata Hustache with Chryasus Champion (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Baridinae) and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5492 (1), pp. 1-24 : 19

18. Chryasus sculpturatus (Casey) , new combination

(Figs. available at https://collections.nmnh.si.edu)

Aniops sculpturatus Casey (1922: 274 and 319, key and description).

Diagnosis. With a length of 2.2 mm, C. sculpturatus is among the smallest species of the genus, all of which have conspicuous squamulae and femora with barely perceptible denticles. It is most similar to four unidentified specimens from São Paulo in my collection ( Fig. 47 ).

Material examined. BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: Chapada dos Guimarães, 1882–1886, H.H. & A. Smith, male holotype ( USNM 1 ) .

Notes. This specimen is another illegal exportation by H.H. Smith (see notes under 15. C. densus ).

Figures

FIGURES 34–47. Chryasus talamanca complex, dorsal and lateral aspects. 34, Male holotype, Buquete in Chiriquí, Panamá; 35, Female paratype, Buquete in Chiriquí, Panamá; 36, Teneral female from gall of Miconia pittieri, Monteverde in Puntarenas, Costa Rica; 37, Female, P.N. Tapantí in Cartago, Costa Rica.