Peridinetus odone Prena

Prena, Jens, 2010, The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2507, pp. 1-36 : 17-18

10. Peridinetus odone Prena , sp. n.

( Fig. 27, 28 )

Peridinetus sp. 2. Marquis (1991: 181).

Diagnosis. Peridinetus odone and the closely related P. costatus have all interstriae costate at least apically. While P. costatus has a distinct elytral fascia ( Fig. 25 ) and occurs in Mexico and Guatemala, P. odone has a more inconspicuous color pattern without a fascia ( Fig. 27 ) and occurs in Costa Rica and Panama.

Description. Total length 3.0– 4.3 mm, standard length 2.8–4.1 mm. Integument brown to nearly black; basic vestiture yellowish, white setae clustered on elytra, sterna, ventrites and legs, some also on base and flank of pronotum and on frons. Rostrum 0.91–1.13 × length of pronotum, anteantennal portion 0.51–0.53 × length of rostrum, not sexually dimorphic. Pronotum [0.80–] 0.86–0.90 × longer than wide, sides subparallel in basal one-third, disk somewhat gibbous and confluently punctate. Elytra 1.39–1.56 × longer than wide, humeri 1.28–1.42 × wider than pronotum, sides gradually narrowed; striae distinct, odd-numbered interstriae 3–9 ridged at least in apical half, others at least on declivity, disk with interstriae 2 and 3 raised and with anterior and posterior transverse depressions; preapical callus distinct; all femora with ventral tooth; tarsal claws subconnate, male with fringe of yellow hairs on ventral edge of metatibia, female subdistally with tuft of hairs.

Distribution. This species has been found in Costa Rica and western Panama.

Plant association. Piper augustum (Marquis 1 ×), P. a u r i t u m (Marquis 1 ×), P. carrilloanum (Marquis 1 ×), P. cenocladum (Marquis 1 ×), P. multiplinervium (Marquis 1 ×), P. phytolaccaefolium (Marquis 1 ×), P. sanctifelicis (Marquis 6 ×), P. sinugaudens (Marquis 1 ×), P. tonduzii (Marquis 1 ×), P. umbellatum (Stockwell 1 ×), P. urophyllum (Marquis 2 ×); Piper arieianum , P. biseriatum , P. culebranum , P. d e c u r re n s, P. dolichotrichum , P. glabrescens , P. otophorum , P. peracuminatum , P. silvivagum , P. urostachyum (all Marquis 1991).

Type material. Holotype male, labeled “ COSTA RICA / Pr. Heredia/ Puerto Viejo/ Finca La Selva”, “R. J. Marquis coll./ No. 1126 15-viii 1982”, “ Piper / tonduzii ”, “Voucher”, “ HOLOTYPUS / Peridinetus / odone / Prena, 2010” ( USNM). Paratypes 105 (12 males, 20 females, 71 not sexed): Costa Rica. Alajuela: Bijagua, 29.vii.1990, W.F. Chamberlain ( TAMU 1); Peñas Blancas, 14.iv.1987, E. Cruz ( CMNC 1); San Ramon de Dos Ríos, 620 m, 28.iv.–11.v.1995, C. Cano ( INBC 2); 25 km SE Arenal, C.W. & L. O’Brien, 2.ix.1996 ( CWOB 3). Cartago: M.N. Guayabo, 4.–5.iv.2000, J. Prena ( JPPC 8); P.N. Tapantí, 1250 m, iii.1992, G. Mora ( INBC 1), 3.v.2004, J. Prena ( JPPC 1); Tuís, 1000 m, 16–22.vii.1993, W.J. Hanson ( CWOB 1), 8.v.2004, J. Prena ( JPPC 2); 40 km NE Turrialba, 18.v.1979, H. & A. Howden ( CMNC 2), Schild & Burgdorf, 16395 ( SNSD 1), 9.viii.1972, J. Maldonado ( USNM 1). Heredia: P.N. Braulio Carrillo, 450 m, 6.iv.2004, J. Prena ( JPPC 2); Puerto Viejo, La Selva, G. Gentry, 23.vi.1991 ( CHAH 1), 8.vii.1982, 9.iv.1985, 18.viii.1996, H. Hespenheide ( CHAH 2, INBC 1), 18.ii.1980, H. & A. Howden ( CMNC 2), 23.ii.1998, N. Franz ( CMNC 1), 1.ix.1998, C.W. & L. O’Brien ( CWOB 1), 30.iii.1990, R.W. Flowers ( CWOB 1), 26.vii.1989, 12.i.1995, D.G. Furth ( CHAH 1, CWOB 2), 19.ii.2000, J. Prena ( JPPC 8), 16.vii.1980, 8.x.1980, 13.iv.1981, 20.iv.1981, 7.x.1981, 27.x.1981, 8.xi.1981, 26.xi.1981, 11.xii.1981, 26.xi.1981, 2.ii.1982, 8.ii.1982, 25.ii.1982, 10.iv.1982, 8.v.1982, 6.vii.1982, 22.viii.1982, 17.ix.1982, R.J. Marquis ( USNM 18). Limón: 30 km N Cariari, 100 m, vii.1991, 10.–30.ix.1992, xii.1992, iii.1993, vi.1993, x.1993 (2x), i.1994, iii.1994, ii.1995, E. Rojas ( INBC 10); P.N. Tortuguero, xi.1992, iii.1993, R. Delgado ( INBC 2); Valle de la Estrella, Pandora, 17.–20.ii.1984, H. & A. Howden ( CMNC 2); R.B. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, 6.–25.xi.1991, 7.–26.i.1992 ( INBC 2), 8.viii.– 14.ix.1994, G. Garballo ( INBC 1), 21.–29.i.1996, J. Prena ( JPPC 6), 23.vii.2002, W. Arana ( INBC 1), 695 m, 8.xi.1999, W. Arana ( INBC 1). Puntarenas: Monteverde, 24.viii–25.ix.1992, F.A. Quesada ( INBC 2), 30.vi.– 9.vii.2009, J. Prena ( JPPC 1), 3.vi.1984, E. Riley & D.A. Rider ( CWOB 1). San José: P.N. Braulio Carrillo, La Ventana, 1300 m, vii.1990 ( INBC 1). Panamá. Bocas del Toro: 8º 42' N, 82º 11' W, 400 m, H. & A. Howden ( CMNC 1); Hwy to La Fortuna, 950 m, 28.vi.1996, 3.ii.2007, H.P. Stockwell ( HPSC 2); Isla Colon, 27.ii.2003, H.P. Stockwell ( HPSC 3); 15 km SSW Changuinola, Wekso, 30.iii.–4.iv.2001, J. Prena ( JPPC 3); Río Changuinola nr. Guabo, 20.i.1980, K.H. Joplin ( CWOB 2).

Specific epithet. The name is an arbitrary combination of letters and dedicated to the coleopterist Donald R. Whitehead in recognition of his well-founded contribution to Robert Marquis’ studies on herbivorous insects in La Selva.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 32. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetus species. 25 – 26, P. costatus, Los Tuxtlas (Mexico); 27 – 28, P. odone, Monteverde (Costa Rica); 29 – 30, P. irroratus, Refugio Bartola (Nicaragua); 31 – 32, P. imperialis, Cerro Campana (Panamá).