The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) Author Prena, Jens text Zootaxa 2005 2005-12-19 1100 1 1 151 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1100.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1100.1.1 1175­5334 5051728 7C1F1264-5F23-4557-BFC2-4D015289CF7E 40. Embates subulirostris Prena sp. n. (Fig. 149–150, 258) Holotype female, Costa Rica , labeled: “ Costa Rica , PUNTA.: 4/ km S San Vito, Wilson/ Bot. Garden, 1100 m ,/ 26.3.2000 , leg. Prena ” ( INBC ). Paratype 1, female, labeled: “ Costa Rica , San Vito / V­15–1981 / J.E. Wappes ” ( CWOB ) . Description. Habitus: total length 6.1–6.5 mm (n=2). Color: integument piceous, antenna rufous; basic vestiture moderately dense, light yellow, dorsolateral pronotal vitta vestigial, scales velvety black in heart­shaped elytral macula (Fig. 149); venter with creamy white scales on prosternum and along flank. Head: frontal fovea absent, rostrum slender, awl­shaped, base slightly incrassate (Fig. 150), apex expanded laterally, base subcostate dorsomedially, basolateral margin slightly edged, length of rostrum ♀♀ 1.13–1.15 x (n=2) pronotal length, length of ante­antennal portion 0.45–0.47 x (n=2) total rostral length, dorsal margin of antennal scrobe reaching rostral base before eye; funicular segment 2 slightly longer than 1, club oblong ovate. Pronotum: length 0.97–0.99 x (n=2) maximum width, sides rounded, widest in basal half, anterior portion notably tubulate; disk densely punctate, intervals granulose, subcostate dorsomedially or not. Elytra: length 1.83–1.89 x (n=2) width at humeri, width 1.36–1.38 x (n=2) maximum pronotal width, sides subparallel in basal half, apices rounded conjointly, preapical callus developed, striae fine, punctures indistinct, interstriae flat, 9 costate, 7 subcostate near subapical callus. Legs: slender, tibia nearly straight and parallel­sided, ventral margin with distal cluster of cupreous hairs, tarsal claws flat and approximate at base. Plant association. Not known. Distribution. Costa Rica , Pacific side, Fila Costeña (Fig. 258). Specific epithet. The name is a compound Latin adjective derived from subula (awl) and rostrum. Discussion. Embates subulirostris can be recognized within the E. euchasma complex by its dark integument and the slender, awl­shaped rostrum. Its morphometrical data agree with those of the smaller­sized E. oculifer , but deviate significantly from those of the Atlantic sibling species E. euchasma and E. cordiger .