Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion

Prena, Jens, 2010, The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2507, pp. 1-36 : 26

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17. Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion View in CoL

( Fig. 46, 47 View FIGURES 46 – 49 )

Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion, 1907: 176 View in CoL . Seidlitz (1909: 326), Hustache (1938: 8), Blackwelder (1947: 886), O’Brien & Wibmer (1982: 178), Marquis (1991: 201).

Diagnosis. Peridinetus coccineifrons is one of numerous species with red anterior and khaki posterior vestiture ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 46 – 49 ). It differs from similarly colored species by having median ridges on the apical one-third of the elytral interstriae but none on the anterior portion of interstria 7. The studied specimens were 4.4–6.4 mm long (standard length 4.2–6.2 mm) and on average larger than the similar P. rufotorquatus .

Distribution. This species has been found in Costa Rica and Panama on both sides of Cordilleras.

Plant association. Piper aequale (Prena 1 ×), P. carrilloanum ( Marquis 1991) , P. riparense (Marquis 1 ×), P. urophyllum ( Marquis 1991) .

Type material. 2 syntypes, Panamá, Bugaba ( BMNH 1) and Volcán ( BMNH 1).

Material examined. Costa Rica. Alajuela: R.B. San Ramón, 800 m ( INBC 1); Sector Colonia Palmareña, 700 m ( INBC 1). Cartago: Turrialba ( CMNC 1). Heredia: Puerto Viejo, Est. La Selva, 100 m ( CMNC 1, USNM 5); La Virgen del Seguro, Cariblanco ( USNM 1); 10 km SE La Virgen, 450 m ( JPPC 1). Puntarenas: Las Mellizas, 1400 m ( JPPC 1); P.N. Corcovado ( USNM 3), Est. Sirena, 0-100 m ( CMNC 1, INBC 8, JPPC 2), Est. Agujas, 300 m ( INBC 1); Est. La Leona, 50 m ( JPPC 2); Tigra, 1300 m ( INBC 1). San José: 12 km NE San Isidro del General, Cerro Chucuyo, 1350 m ( JPPC 1). Panamá. Canal Area: Cacao Plantation Road ( HPSC 2). Chiriquí: Bugaba ( BMNH 1); Volcán ( AMNH 1, BMNH 1). Coclé: El Valle, 700 m ( CHAH 1). Panamá: Cerro Campana, 850 m ( HPSC 2). San Blas: Nusagandi, 450 m ( HPSC 1). Total 40 specimens.

References

Blackwelder, R. E. (1947) Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 5. Bulletin. United States National Museum, 185, i - iv, 765 - 925.

Champion, G. C. (1907) Insecta. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora. Curculionidae. Curculioninae (continued) [pp. 137 - 240]. In: Champion, G. C. (1906 - 1909) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 4, part 5, 513 pp. + 23 pls.

Hustache, A. (1938) Pars 163: Curculionidae: Barinae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. ' s-Gravenhage, 219 pp.

Marquis, R. J. (1991) Herbivore fauna of Piper (Piperaceae) in a Costa Rican wet forest: diversity, specificity and impact [pp. 179 - 208]. In: Price, P. W., Lewinsohn, T. M., Fernandes, G. W. & Benson, W. W. (eds.) Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions, John Wiley & sons. xiv + 639 pp.

O'Brien, C. W. & Wibmer, G. (1982) Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 34, i - ix, 1 - 382.

Seidlitz, G. (1909) Bericht uber die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1907. Coleoptera. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 2 (2), 55 - 392.

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 49. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetus species. 46 – 47, P. coccineifrons, La Selva (Costa Rica); 48 – 49, P. rufotorquatus, La Selva (Costa Rica).