Phaenithon semigriseus ( Germar, 1824 ), 1839

Orellana, Samanta & Barrios, Héctor, 2021, Catalogue of the Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Panama, including new country records and a key to genera, Zootaxa 4904 (1), pp. 1-71 : 18

20. Phaenithon semigriseus ( Germar, 1824)

Anthribus semigriseus Germar, 1824: 177 .

Phaenithon semigriseus ( Germar, 1824) in Schoenherr, 1839: 265 ; in Gemminger & Harold, 1872: 2738 (catalog); Bovie, 1906: 280 (catalog); Jordan, 1906: 359; Wolfrum, 1929: 67 (catalog); Valentine, 1957: 6; Reinheimer, 2004: 72 (catalog); Mermudes, 2009: 262. Type locality: Brazil (type material in MLUH).

Phaenithon semigriseum Germar, 1824 in Blackwelder, 1947: 770 (catalog).

Phaenithon implicatus Fahraeus in Schoenherr, 1839: 266 . Type locality: Mexico (type material in NHRS).

Material examined. PANAMA: [CHIRIQUÍ] V. Chiriquí, 4000-6000 ft, [col.] Champion, det. K. Jordan, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); [COCLÉ] El Valle , 6 feb 1992, [col.] F.T. Hovore, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); [COLÓN] Achiote Road , 26-IX-[19]82, [col.] D. Engleman, det. C.W. O’Brien (1, ASUCOB0014486); Escobal Road , Atl. Canal Zone, II-VII-1982, col. D. Engleman, det. C.W. O’Brien (10, ASUCOB0014489-ASUCOB0014498); Fort Sherman , 3-ii-[19]92, [col.] F.T. Hovore, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); Canal Zone , Margarita 6 km SW 4 may 1975, [col.] H. Stockwell, det. H. Stockwell 1996 (1, NMNH); [ PANAMÁ] Chepo dist. El Llano Carti Rd. , VI-17-[19]96, El [evation]. 500m, R. Aalbu, col., det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); Pan American Highway, 3km E Bayano Lake bridge, 17-30-Jun-1995, [cols.] Jean & Keve Ribardo, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (2, NMNH); Bayano Dist. 3km S Ipiti, 30 apr 1992, [col.] J.E. Wappes, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (4, NMNH); Canal Zone 3.5 km WNW Paraiso, 9°02’N 79°40’W, 18-VIII-1971, [col.] H. Hespenheide, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); [ PANAMÁ OESTE] Cerro Campana, May 13 1978, [cols.] CW& LB O’Brien & Marshall, det. C.W. O’Brien (1, ASUCOB0014499); Canal Zone 0.5 mi S Palo Seco, 8°54’N 79°34’W, 6-IV-1973, [col.] H. Hespenheide, tree fall det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Is. 9°10’N 79°50’W, 23-VI-1976, [col.] H.A. Hespenheide, at fallen tree, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); Canal Zone BCI, VI-6,9,11-1980, [col.] Henk Wolda, trap 3B, det. B.D. Valentine, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH); Barro Colorado Island , 16-I-2016, Malaise trap, MT-314, [col.] H. Barrios (1, MEUP); idem but 23-IV-2016, MT-311 (1, MEUP); idem but 30-IV-2016, MT-312 (2, MEUP); idem but 30-IV-2016, MT-316 (1, MEUP); idem but 21-V-2016, MT-312 (1, MEUP); idem but 18-VI-2016, MT-314 (1, MEUP); idem but 18-VI-2016, MT-312 (1, MEUP); idem but 8-X-2016, MT-316 (1, MEUP); idem but 22-X- 2016, MT-311 (1, MEUP); idem but 12-XI-2016, MT-314 (1, MEUP); Barro Colorado Island, 3-VII-2002, Malaise trap MT320, [col.] D. Windsor, ID-45143 (1, MEUP); idem but 3-VII-2002, MT318, ID-45141 (1, MEUP); idem but 3-VII-2002, MT319, ID-45142 (1, MEUP); idem but 10-VII-2002, MT318, ID-45151 (1, MEUP); idem but 28- V-2003, MT319, ID-45612 (1, MEUP); idem but 11-VII-2003, MT318, ID-45631 (1, MEUP); idem but 21-III-2007, MT319, ID-47602 (1, MEUP); idem but 2-V-2007, MT320, [second label] BCI-MT9119, (1, MEUP); idem but 14- III-2007, MT311, ID-47584 (1, MEUP); idem but 20-IV-2011, MT311, ID-49724 (1); idem but 4-IV- 2012, MT316, ID-50229 (1, MEUP); idem but 21-III-2012 (1, MEUP); idem but 13-VI-2012, MT311, [second label] BCI-MT9120 (1, MEUP). Additional specimens (52) available in MEUP, all from Barro Colorado Island .

Distribution. Mexico; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé*, Colón*, Panamá*, Panamá Oeste*); BOLIVIA; Peru; Brazil; Paraguay.