Embates championi (Casey)

Prena, Jens, 2005, The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 1100 (1), pp. 1-151 : 1-151

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Embates championi (Casey)
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48. Embates championi (Casey)

(Fig. 162–163, 256)

Ambates cretifer Pascoe 1880 View in CoL . Champion 1907: 156 (as var., misidentified).

Cholinambates championi Casey 1922: 6 View in CoL . Holotype female, Costa Rica, labeled “ ♀ ”, “sp. figured”, “ Holotype ”, “16339”, “ Collection / Schild­Burgdorf / Costa Rica / Turrialba ”, “ Cholinambates View in CoL / championi/ type 1922 Casey ” (BMNH)

Ambates (Cholinambates) championi (Casey) View in CoL . Hustache 1938 (cat.)

Embates View in CoL [ championi View in CoL ]. Alonso­Zarazaga & Lyal 1999 (global combination of all species of Ambates Schönherr 1836 View in CoL with Embates Chevrolat 1833 View in CoL )

Redescription. Habitus: Fig. 162, total length 7.8–9.8 mm (m=8.8, n=17). Color: integument almost black; basic vestiture of microscopic scales; scales yellow (lowlands) to creamy white (around 1000 m elevation) on prosternum, in lateral pronotal marking and two oblique elytral fasciae (Fig. 162), anterior fascia reaching metasternum. Head: frontal fovea deep, rostrum moderate, subcylindrical (Fig. 163), sides attenuated between apex and antennal insertion, costate dorsomedially, basolateral margin slightly edged, length of rostrum ♂♂ 1.12–1.25 x (m=1.18, n=7), ♀♀ 1.18–1.34 x (m=1.27, n=10) pronotal length, length of ante­antennal portion ♂♂ 0.33–0.40 x (m=0.36, n=7), ♀♀ 0.37–0.43 x (m=0.40, n=10) total rostral length, dorsal margin of antennal scrobe reaching rostral base well before eye; funicular segment 2 distinctly longer than 1, club oblong ovate. Pronotum: length 0.83–0.89 x (m=0.86, n=17) maximum width, widest in basal third, then roundly narrowed, anterior portion tubulate; disk finely punctate, intervals smooth. Elytra: length 1.82–1.96 x (m=1.88, n=17) width at humeri, width 1.13–1.26 x (m=1.20, n=17) maximum pronotal width, sides subparallel in basal half, apices rounded conjointly, preapical callus weakly developed, striae fine, punctures distinct, interstriae flat, 9 convex. Legs: rather stout, tibia nearly straight, ventral margin with distal cluster of cupreous hairs, tarsal claws arcuate and separate at base. Male: aedeagus as E. obliquus .

Plant association. Not known.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Atlantic side (Fig. 256).

Material examined. COSTA RICA. Alajuela: Guápiles , 250 m ( NMNH) . Cartago: Tucurrique , 770 m ( SNSD) ; Turrialba , 500–600 m ( BMNH, JPPC, SNSD) ; Cachí , 1050 m ( CWOB) . Guanacaste: A.C. Guanacaste, Est. Cacao, 1100 m ( INBC 2 View Materials ) , Est. Maritza, 600 m ( INBC 2 View Materials ) ; Rincón de la Vieja, Est. Pailas, 800 m ( INBC 4 View Materials ) . Limón: Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere , 100 m ( INBC) ; Waldeck , 300 m ( NMNH) . Puntarenas: Monteverde , 1000–1520 m ( CHAH, INBC 3 View Materials ) . Total 21 specimens.

Discussion. Champion (1907) assigned the single specimen as a variety to E. cretifer . This was one of the very few errors in this otherwise remarkably thorough study of the genus. Casey (1922) gave the specimen a name by referring to Champion’s illustration. Embates championi is a sibling species of E. albocinctus and distinct from E. cretifer , E. paludicola and E. salamandra , all species with similar color­pattern.

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

INBC

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Embates

Loc

Embates championi (Casey)

Prena, Jens 2005
2005
Loc

Cholinambates championi

Casey, T. L. 1922: 6
1922
Loc

Ambates cretifer

Champion, G. C. 1907: 156
1907
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