Ambates apicalis Champion 1907: 168 Ambates sp. 2 Marquis 1991: 200 Embates apicalis Ambates Schönherr 1836 Embates Chevrolat 1833 The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) Prena, Jens Zootaxa 2005 2005-12-19 1100 1 1 151 (Champion) Champion [308,671,1364,1390] Insecta Curculionidae Embates Animalia Coleoptera 52 Arthropoda species apicalis  (Fig. 100–101, 253)      Ambates apicalis Champion 1907: 168. Holotypefemale, Panama, labeled: “Type”, “ ♀”; “sp. figured”, “Bugaba/ Panama/ Champion“ (BMNH). Hustache 1938(cat.); O’Brien & Wibmer 1982(cat.)    Ambatessp. 2.  Marquis 1991: 200   Embates[  apicalis]. Alonso­Zarazaga & Lyal 1999(global combination of all species of  Ambates Schönherr 1836with  Embates Chevrolat 1833)  Redescription. Habitus: Fig. 100, total length 3.0– 4.8 mm(m=3.9, n=30). Color: integument piceous; basic vestiture of brown and some slender, ochreous scales; ochreous scales condensed in small macula at elytral interstria 5 (indistinct at 3), in apical portion of elytron and in dorsolateral pronotal vitta; venter with slender, light­colored scales. Head: frontal fovea absent, rostrum moderately stout, subcylindrical, curved, subcostate dorso­ medially and dorsolaterally, basolateral margin edged, length of rostrum ♂♂1.10–1.23 x (m=1.17, n=11), ♀♀1.08–1.23 x (m=1.18, n=17) pronotal length, length of ante­antennal portion ♂♂0.39–0.41 x (m=0.41, n=11), ♀♀0.39–0.46 x (m=0.42, n=17) total rostral length, dorsal margin of antennal scrobe reaching rostral base before eye; funicular segment 2 longer than 1, club oblong ovate. Pronotum: length 0.84–0.94 x (m=0.89, n=29) maximum width, sides rounded, greatest width close behind middle, anterior portion tubulate. Disk densely and shallowly punctate, intervals isolated. Elytra: length 1.56–1.75 x (m=1.67, n=27) width at humeri, width 1.23–1.43 x (m=1.32, n=29) maximum pronotal width, sides subparallel in basal half, then increasingly narrowed toward apex, apices rounded conjointly, preapical callus developed moderately, striae moderate, punctures indistinct, interstriae flat, 7 and 9 subcostate. Legs: tibiae variously curved, ventral margin slightly bisinuate, distally with cluster of cupreous hairs, tarsal claws arcuate and separate at base. Male: apex of aedeagus round, middle sclerotized, anterolateral portion membranous (as Fig. 98), body of aedeagus of moderate length, basal third angular in lateral view, apodemes 2.3 x longer than body of aedeagus, flagellum thin, half as long as apodemes, transition to curved base gradual, basal appendage moderate, fused subdistally to base of flagellum, projecting beyond base (Fig. 101). Plant association.  Piper hispidum(Prena 2),  P. urostachyum(Prena 8). Distribution. Hondurasto central Panama, secondary forests (Fig. 253). Material examined.  HONDURAS. Gracias a Dios: Río Plátano,  5 kmW Las Marías( JPPC 3, RDCC).  NICARAGUA. Río San Juan:  10 kmSE El Castillo( JPPC).  Rivas: Isla de Ometepe, Volcán Madera( SEAN).  COSTA RICA. Alajuela:  25 kmSE Arenal( CWOB).  Cartago: Turrialba,  700 m( NMNH).  Guanacaste: S Sta. Cecilia, Est. Pitilla,  700 m( INBC).  Heredia: Puerto Viejo, La Selva,  100 m( CHAH, CWOB, INBC, JPPC 7, NMNH 23, SNSD);  Sarapiquí, Chilamante( CMNC);  Braulio Carrillo N.P., Est. Cantarrana,  300 m( JPPC 3),  Est. El Ceibo,  500 m( INBC 2, JPPC 3), without site ( CNCI 3);  30 kmN Cariari,  100 m( INBC).  Limón: Tortuguero N.P.,  50 m( INBC 5, JPPC 4);  Res. Hitoy Cerere,  300 m( JPPC).  Puntarenas: Monteverde( CWOB);  Osa, P.N. Corcovado,  50 m( INBC).  San José: Zurquí de Moravia,  1600 m( CNCI).  PANAMA. Bocas del Toro:  4 kmW Chiriquí Grande,  200 m( JPPC 2);  15 kmSSW Changuinola,  200 m( JPPC).  Canal Zone: Fort Sherman( CWOB 4, TAMU);  Gatundam ( HPSC);  Coco Solo Hospital( CWOB 2, CMNC, HPSC 2).  Chiriquí: Bugaba( BMNH).  Coclé: El Valle,  700–850 m( HPSC 2). Total 86 specimens. Discussion.  Embates apicaliscan be confused with several species of equally small size.  Embates tergosignatusand  E. thoracicusare slightly stouter, have very narrow elytral striae and flat interstriae.  Embates gracilisis more slender, and has a shorter rostrum.  Embates todillofasciatusis larger and more elongate. The distinction of these species is straight forward when the vestiture is intact and can be used for identification. RDCC Honduras Rio Platano 53 JPPC 3 1 Gracias a Dios [480,1188,1084,1110] JPPC Nicaragua 10 km SE El Castillo 53 1 Rio San Juan SEAN Nicaragua Volcan Madera Isla de Ometepe 53 1 Rivas CWOB Costa Rica 25 km SE Arenal 53 1 Alajuela [391,831,1164,1190] NMNH Turrialba Costa Rica 700 Cartago 53 1 Cartago INBC S Sta. Cecilia & Est. Pitilla Costa Rica 700 Guanacaste 53 1 Guanacaste CHAH, CWOB, INBC, SNSD Puerto Viejo & La Selva Costa Rica 100 Heredia 53 JPPC 7, NMNH 23 1 Heredia [514,898,1244,1270] CMNC Costa Rica Chilamante Sarapiqui 53 1 Heredia JPPC Braulio Carrillo N. P. & Est. Cantarrana Costa Rica 300 53 JPPC 3 1 Heredia [534,1004,1284,1310] INBC, JPPC Est. El Ceibo Costa Rica 500 53 INBC 2, JPPC 3 1 Heredia [1018,1280,1284,1310] CNCI Costa Rica 53 CNCI 3 1 Heredia INBC Costa Rica 100 Cariari 53 1 Heredia [615,1186,1324,1350] INBC, JPPC Tortuguero N. P. Costa Rica 50 Limon 53 INBC 5, JPPC 4 1 Limon JPPC Res. Hitoy Cerere Costa Rica 300 53 1 Limon [553,968,1364,1390] CWOB Costa Rica Monteverde 53 1 Puntarenas INBC Osa, P. N & Corcovado Costa Rica 50 53 1 Puntarenas [369,914,1404,1430] CNCI Costa Rica 1600 Zurqui de Moravia 53 1 San Jose JPPC Grande Panama 200 4 km W Chiriqui 53 JPPC 2 1 Bocas del Toro [734,1237,1444,1470] JPPC Panama 200 Changuinola 53 1 Bocas del Toro TAMU Panama Fort Sherman Canal Zone 53 CWOB 4 1 Bocas del Toro [747,978,1484,1510] HPSC Panama Gatun 53 1 Bocas del Toro CMNC Panama Coco Solo Hospital 53 CWOB 2, HPSC 2 1 Bocas del Toro [522,846,1524,1550] BMNH Panama Bugaba 53 1 Chiriqui [859,1318,1524,1550] HPSC El Valle Panama 775 Cocle 53 HPSC 2 1 Cocle