Chryasus plagiatus Champion, 1908

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 : 10

6. Chryasus plagiatus Champion

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Chryasus plagiatus Champion (1908: 338 , description), Hustache (1938: 24, transfer from Centrinini to Bari[di]ni, Coelonertina).

Diagnosis. This 2.1–2.7 mm long species can be recognized readily by its distinctive color pattern. An unassigned, entirely brown specimen from Costa Rica ( Fig. 33 ) is very similar but has stouter appendages and punctate (not rugose) pronotal flanks.

Material examined. COSTA RICA. Guanacaste: P.N. Guanacaste, Estac. Pitilla , 3.x.1991, 4.xi.1991 (3x), C. Moraga ( MNCR 3 , JPPC 1 ), 6.–12.iii.1996, J. Prena ( JPPC 1 ) . Puntarenas: P.N. Corcovado, Estac. Los Patos , 10.v.2004, J. Prena ( JPPC 1 ) . Heredia: Estac. La Selva , 17.iv.2000, H. Hespenheide ( JPPC 1 ) , 16.iv.2001, J. Prena ( JPPC 1 ) . Limón: Sector Cocorí, Fca. E. Rojas , 12.viii.1992, E. Rojas ( MNCR 1 ) . PANAMÁ. Bocas del Toro: Isla Colón , 27.ii.2003, H. Stockwell, in flowers of Psychotria micrantha ( CMNC 1 ) , 26.ii.2004, H. Stockwell ( STRI 2 ) . Chiriquí: Bugaba, G. Champion, 1881, holotype ( NHMUK 1 ) . Panamá: Cerro Campana , 13.v.1973, H. Stockwell ( STRI 1 ) ; Chepo , El Llano-Cartí road km 8, 4.vi.1995, H. Stockwell ( STRI 1 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 30–33. Chryasus, dorsal and lateral aspects of males. 30, C. wappesi, El Pauchi in Bolivar, Venezuela; 31, C. plagiatus, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí in Heredia, Costa Rica; 32, C. bruniceps, Agua Preta in Bahia, Brazil; 33, Chryasus sp., Finca E. Rojas north of Cariari in Limón, Costa Rica.