Stenotarsus purpuratus Gerstaecker (1858:318)

Roubik, David W. & Skelley, Paul E., 2001, Stenotarsus Subtilis Arrow, The Aggregating Fungus Beetle Of Barro Colorado Island Nature Monument, Panama (Coleoptera: Endomychidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (3), pp. 249-263 : 257

Stenotarsus purpuratus Gerstaecker (1858:318)

Diagnosis. Length 5.7–7.0 mm; width 4.0– 4.8 mm. Body dull orange, elongate; antennae elongated, reaching elytral half; antennomere XI appearing curved ( Fig. 2 ); no notable sexual dimorphism.

Remarks. Specimens studied are from Colombia and Costa Rica (FSCA), thus the species almost certainly occurs in Panama.

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Stenotarsus spp.: 1–3) Antenna: 1) Stenotarsus validicornis; 2) S. purpuratus; 3) S. subtilis. 4–7) Pronota and elytral bases: 4) S. cyanopterus; 5) S. lemniscatus; 6) S. subtilis; 7) S. ovalis. Scale line = 1 mm.