Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion

Prena, Jens, 2010, The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2507, pp. 1-36 : 26

17. Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion

( Fig. 46, 47 )

Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion, 1907: 176 . Seidlitz (1909: 326), Hustache (1938: 8), Blackwelder (1947: 886), O’Brien & Wibmer (1982: 178), Marquis (1991: 201).

Diagnosis. Peridinetus coccineifrons is one of numerous species with red anterior and khaki posterior vestiture ( Fig. 46 ). It differs from similarly colored species by having median ridges on the apical one-third of the elytral interstriae but none on the anterior portion of interstria 7. The studied specimens were 4.4–6.4 mm long (standard length 4.2–6.2 mm) and on average larger than the similar P. rufotorquatus .

Distribution. This species has been found in Costa Rica and Panama on both sides of Cordilleras.

Plant association. Piper aequale (Prena 1 ×), P. carrilloanum ( Marquis 1991) , P. riparense (Marquis 1 ×), P. urophyllum ( Marquis 1991) .

Type material. 2 syntypes, Panamá, Bugaba ( BMNH 1) and Volcán ( BMNH 1).

Material examined. Costa Rica. Alajuela: R.B. San Ramón, 800 m ( INBC 1); Sector Colonia Palmareña, 700 m ( INBC 1). Cartago: Turrialba ( CMNC 1). Heredia: Puerto Viejo, Est. La Selva, 100 m ( CMNC 1, USNM 5); La Virgen del Seguro, Cariblanco ( USNM 1); 10 km SE La Virgen, 450 m ( JPPC 1). Puntarenas: Las Mellizas, 1400 m ( JPPC 1); P.N. Corcovado ( USNM 3), Est. Sirena, 0-100 m ( CMNC 1, INBC 8, JPPC 2), Est. Agujas, 300 m ( INBC 1); Est. La Leona, 50 m ( JPPC 2); Tigra, 1300 m ( INBC 1). San José: 12 km NE San Isidro del General, Cerro Chucuyo, 1350 m ( JPPC 1). Panamá. Canal Area: Cacao Plantation Road ( HPSC 2). Chiriquí: Bugaba ( BMNH 1); Volcán ( AMNH 1, BMNH 1). Coclé: El Valle, 700 m ( CHAH 1). Panamá: Cerro Campana, 850 m ( HPSC 2). San Blas: Nusagandi, 450 m ( HPSC 1). Total 40 specimens.

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 49. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetus species. 46 – 47, P. coccineifrons, La Selva (Costa Rica); 48 – 49, P. rufotorquatus, La Selva (Costa Rica).