Palliolatrix insignis (Chevrolat)

Prena, Jens, 2009, The West Indian Peridinetini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2210, pp. 51-64 : 52-53

Palliolatrix insignis (Chevrolat)

( Figs. 1 , 17 )

Peridinetus insignis Chevrolat, 1880 : XXVII. Holotype examined, labeled “107”, “ Typus ” (NHRS, Chevrolat Diagnosis. Palliolatrix insignis resembles P. s i l a c e a in having the individual components of the elytral colour pattern reaching well onto the disk ( Figs. 1, 3 ). The two species differ in several details of the colour pattern, particularly on the apical portions of the pronotum and elytra. The scales are beige in P. insignis and bright orange in P. s i l a c e a.

Material examined. GUADELOUPE. Holotype, without locality ( NHRS 1).

Distribution. The species is known only from Guadeloupe ( Fig. 17 ). Hustache (1932: 308) mentioned 12 specimens collected in Bains-Jaunes and Trois-Rivières.

Plant associations. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Palliolatrix species. 1, P. i n s i g n i s, Guadeloupe; 2, 4, P. lateropicta, Dominica; 3, 5, P. silacea, St. Vincent.

FIGURES 17 – 19. Maps of the Lesser and Greater Antilles showing the distribution of Palliolatrix and Peridinetus species. 17, Palliolatrix insignis (2), P. lateropicta (3) and P. s il a c ea (4); 18, Peridinetus concentricus, P. poeyi and P. sexguttatus; 19, Peridinetus decipiens, P. fuscosignum and P. roeselii.