Palliolatrix 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 : 25

5. Palliolatrix palliolatrix Prena sp. n.

( Figs. 6, 7 , 11, 12, 16, 17, 19–21, 23, 24, 26–28 )

Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “ COSTA RICA, Prov. Cartago:/ P.N. Tapantí, Quebr. Segunda,/ 1200m, 9° 48' N 83° 47' W ”, “3.– 5.4.2004 / leg. J. Prena ” ( INBC).

Paratypes 5 (2 males, 3 females): COSTA RICA. Cartago Prov.: Tapantí N.P., Quebrada Segunda, 1150 m, VII/1995, R. Delgado, CRI002 210291, CRI002 210293 ( INBC 2 ) . Heredia Prov.: 5 km NE San Isidro, Cerro Zurquí , 1800 m, 26.2.2000, J. Prena ( JPPC) ; Zurquí de Moravia , 1600 m, 25.8.1996, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien ( CWOB) . PANAMA. Bocas del Toro Prov.: 4 km W Boquete , 1700 m, 9.8.1995, F. Ødegaard ( FOEC) .

Description. Total length 6.9–8.3 mm, standard length 6.6–8.0 mm (n=6). Integument reddish; basic vestiture microscopic; hair­like, light­colored scales in dorsolateral pronotal vitta and adjacent portions of elytron, in indistinct, compound, oblique elytral fascia behind middle, on flank of prothorax behind eyes and on portions of lateral plates and ventrites 1 and 2. Rostrum 0.76–0.95× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion moderate, dorsum faintly costate or not, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.29–0.33× length of rostrum. Pronotum 0.99–1.17× longer than wide, greatest width at base, sides converging more or less gradually to tubulate front. Elytra 1.64–1.72× longer than wide, humeri 1.40–1.46× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 tumid at midlength, preapical callus produced. Legs with moderate femoral tooth, tibia barely produced ventrally, base slightly curved ( Fig. 12 ).

Distribution. The species is known from three sites in the Cordilleras Central and Talamanca in Costa Rica and Panama.

Specific epithet. A Latin noun, adopted from the name of the genus.

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.

FIGURES 11–28. Palliolatrix. 11, venter, male, P. palliolatrix. 12–15, metafemur and tibia; 12, P. palliolatrix; 13, P. infucata; 14, P. crassa; 15, P. pulchra. 16–25, male genitalia and associated structures; 16, sternite 8, P. palliolatrix; 17, sternite 9, P. palliolatrix; 18, ditto, P. crassa; 19, tegmen, P. palliolatrix; 20, aedeagus, lateral, P. palliolatrix; 21, apex of aedeagus, dorsal, P. palliolatrix; 22, ditto, P. crassa; 23, aedeagal flagellum, P. palliolatrix; 24, ditto, detail; 25; ditto, P. crassa. 26–28, female genitalia and associated structures, P. palliolatrix; 26, sternite 8; 27, genital tract; 28, stylus. Scale 0.5 mm for genitalia except 24–25 (0.1 mm), 27 (1.0 mm) and 28 (0.2 mm).