Palliolatrix attenuata 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 : 22-25

4. Palliolatrix attenuata Prena sp. n.

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Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “ PANAMA: Chiriqui / Cerro Punta , 8°35'N / 82°36'W, 23.VI.1999 / W. Reeves ” ( CMNC).

Paratypes 2 (female): PANAMA. Chiriquí Prov.: Cerro Punta , 2200 m, 23.6.1999, W. Reeves ( JPPC) . COSTA RICA. Cartago Prov.: Tapantí — Macizo de la Muerte N.P., 2650 m, 29.5.2002, R. González, INB0003489628 ( INBC) .

Description. Total length 7.8–8.6 mm, standard length 7.3–8.3 mm (n=3). Integument dark red; basic vestiture of microscopic, cupreous scales, minute white scales condensed in elytral fascia, pronotal vitta and on flank. Rostrum 0.95–1.09× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion moderate, dorsum finely costate medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.30–0.33× length of rostrum. Pronotum 0.87–1.00× longer than wide, greatest width near base, sides gradually narrowed toward tubulate frontal portion. Elytra 1.75–1.79× longer than wide, humeri 1.46–1.56× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus moderate for genus. Legs with minute femoral tooth, tibia barely produced ventrally, base slightly curved (as Fig. 13 ).

Distribution. The species is known from two sites in the Cordilleras Central ( Costa Rica) and Talamanca ( Panama) above 2000 m elevation.

Specific epithet. A Latin participle; the plain 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).