Palliolatrix crassa Prena, 2006

Prena, Jens, 2006, Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen. n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 1319 (1), pp. 15-28 : 26-27

7. Palliolatrix crassa Prena sp. n.

( Figs. 9 , 14, 18, 22, 25 )

Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “ COLOMBIA: Choco , Munguirri–Motordo,/ 30km e. Quibdo, 400m / 1° for. 27 June 1985 / leg. D.G. Furth ” (CASC, currently in CWOB as longterm loan).

Paratypes 3 (2 males, 1 female): COLOMBIA. Chocó Prov. : Munguirri–Motordo, 30 km E Quibdo, 400 m, 27.6.1985, D. Furth ( JPPC) . Valle Prov. : Alto Anchicaya, 500 m, 29.– 31.7.1983, B. Gill ( CMNC) . Anchicaya dam, 70 km E Buenaventura, 400 m, 26.7.1970, H. & A. Howden ( CMNC) .

Description. Total length 8.3–9.1 mm, standard length 8.1–8.8 mm (n=4). Integument reddish; basic vestiture of yellow, hair­like scales condensed in narrow dorsomedian and broad dorsolateral pronotal vittae, venter (except median portion of ventrites 3–5) with large whitish scales. Rostrum 0.71–0.78× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion slight, dorsum finely costate medially, antennal club relatively small, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.37–0.39× length of rostrum. Pronotum 1.09–1.14× longer than wide, greatest width in basal third, sides gently rounded and tubulate in front. Elytra 1.43–1.50× longer than wide, humeri 1.35–1.46× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 with gently rising and abruptly declining tumidity at midlength, preapical callus rather weak for genus. Legs with large femoral tooth, tibia produced ventrally, base notably curved ( Fig. 14 ).

Distribution. The species is known from two sites on the Pacific slope in Colombia, both at approximately 500 m elevation.

Specific epithet. A Latin adjective; the big hood­wearer.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Dorsal and lateral aspects of species of Palliolatrix. 1, P. quadrimaculata (HT); 2, P. quadrimaculata s. l. (Guatemala, Zapotitlan); 3, P. tuberosa; 4, P. infucata; 5, P. attenuata; 6–7, P. palliolatrix; 8, P. pulchra; 9, P. crassa; 10, P. virgata.

FIGURES 11–28. Palliolatrix. 11, venter, male, P. palliolatrix. 12–15, metafemur and tibia; 12, P. palliolatrix; 13, P. infucata; 14, P. crassa; 15, P. pulchra. 16–25, male genitalia and associated structures; 16, sternite 8, P. palliolatrix; 17, sternite 9, P. palliolatrix; 18, ditto, P. crassa; 19, tegmen, P. palliolatrix; 20, aedeagus, lateral, P. palliolatrix; 21, apex of aedeagus, dorsal, P. palliolatrix; 22, ditto, P. crassa; 23, aedeagal flagellum, P. palliolatrix; 24, ditto, detail; 25; ditto, P. crassa. 26–28, female genitalia and associated structures, P. palliolatrix; 26, sternite 8; 27, genital tract; 28, stylus. Scale 0.5 mm for genitalia except 24–25 (0.1 mm), 27 (1.0 mm) and 28 (0.2 mm).