Palliolatrix virgata 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 : 27

8. Palliolatrix virgata Prena sp. n.

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Holotype female, labeled: “1200' [365 m], Anchicaya Dam/ 70km. E. Buenaventura,/ Valle, Colombia./ II.17.1970. H. Howden ” ( CMNC, ex HPSC).

Paratypes none.

Description. Total length 7.5 mm, standard length 7.3 mm. Integument reddish; vestiture of variously sized oval yellow scales condensed in narrow dorsomedian and broad dorsolateral pronotal vittae, in basal half of elytral interstria 3, in distal half of interstria 5 before preapical callus, at apex, flank and venter (except median portion of ventrites 3–5). Rostrum 0.83× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion slight, dorsum finely costate and glabrous medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.40× length of rostrum. Pronotum 1.09× longer than wide, greatest width near base, subconical, tubulate in front. Elytra 1.60× longer than wide, humeri 1.42× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus produced moderately. Legs with large femoral tooth, tibia slightly produced ventrally, base curved.

Distribution. The species is known only from one site on the Pacific slope in Colombia, at approximately 400 m elevation.

Specific epithet. A Latin participle; the striped hood­wearer.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Dorsal and lateral aspects of species of Palliolatrix. 1, P. quadrimaculata (HT); 2, P. quadrimaculata s. l. (Guatemala, Zapotitlan); 3, P. tuberosa; 4, P. infucata; 5, P. attenuata; 6–7, P. palliolatrix; 8, P. pulchra; 9, P. crassa; 10, P. virgata.