Peridinetus distinctus Pascoe

Prena, Jens, 2010, The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 2507, pp. 1-36 : 16

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8. Peridinetus distinctus Pascoe View in CoL

( Fig. 23, 24 View FIGURES 17 – 24 )

Peridinetus distinctus Pascoe, 1880: 180 View in CoL . Harold (1881: 401), Bertkau (1883: 214), Chevrolat (1883: 82), Jekel (1883: 86), Champion (1907), Seidlitz (1909: 326), Lyal & King (1996: 751).

Conophoria distincta View in CoL . Casey (1922).

Peridinetus (Conophoria) distinctus View in CoL . Hustache (1938: 9), Blackwelder (1947: 887), O’Brien & Wibmer (1982: 178).

Peridinetus linnei . Jekel [manuscript name].

Peridinetus niveopictus . Chevrolat [manuscript name].

Diagnosis. Peridinetus distinctus is recognizable by the presence of a single, oblique elytral fascia ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 17 – 24 ). It may be confused with P. cretaceus ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 17 – 24 ), Embates championi (Casey) , E. cretifer (Champion) and Pardisomus biplagiatus (Desbrochers) , all superficially similar but with two differently arranged fasciae (see note under P. cretaceus ). The studied specimens were 6.6–9.0 mm long (standard length 6.1–8.6 mm).

Distribution. This species occurs in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Two specimens in historic collections are [erroneously?] labeled as being from Costa Rica and Brazil.

Plant association. Unknown.

Type material. 2 syntypes, Mexico [without site] ( BMNH 2).

Material examined. Mexico. Chiapas: Tenejapa Paraje Yashanal ( HPSC 1); 47 km S Palenque ( CMNC 1); 105 km SE Palenque on Bonampak Rd. ( CMNC 1); Lagos de Montebello ( CMNC 1); Pacific slope, 800– 1000 m ( USNM 2); Laguna Belgica, 18 km N Ocozocoautla ( JWPC 1). Tabasco: Teapa ( BMNH 1, USNM 3). Veracruz: Sontecomapan ( BMNH 1); Lake Catemaco ( CNCI 2); Los Tuxtlas Biol. St. ( CHAH 1, CMNC 2); Tuxpan? [labeled Toxpam] ( BMNH 1); Tlacotalpan ( MNHUB 1). Without site: ( MNHUB 3). Belize. Río Sarstoon ( BMNH 1); San Antonio ( USNM 1). Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: San Gerónimo ( BMNH 1); Purulhá ( BMNH 1, CMNC 1, JWPC 1); San Juan ( BMNH 1); Senahú ( BMNH 1); Cubilguitz ( BMNH 1); Panimá ( BMNH 1, MNHUB 1). Guatemala: Zapote ( BMNH 1, USNM 2). Quetzaltenango: Las Mercedes ( BMNH 1). Sacatepéquez: Capetillo ( BMNH 1). San Marcos: El Tumbador ( BMNH 1). Zacapa: La Union, 1600 m ( CMNC 1). Honduras. Cortés: Lago Yojoa ( USNM 1); Muchilena ( USNM 1). [Provenance suspect: Costa Rica ( MNHUB 1). Brazil ( USNM 1)]. Total 44 specimens.

References

Bertkau, P. (1883) Bericht uber die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1880. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin [1882]. iv + 292 pp.

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.

Casey, T. L. (1922) Studies in the Rhynchophorous subfamily Barinae of the Brazilian fauna. Memoirs on the Coleoptera, 10, 1 - 520.

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.

Chevrolat, A. (1883) Essai monographique du genre Peridinetus de Schoenherr. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 26 [1882], 79 - 83.

Harold, E. von (1881) Coleoptera [pp. 357 - 410]. In: Carus, J. V. (ed.) Zoologischer Jahresbericht fur 1880. Engelmann, Leipzig. iv + 435 pp.

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

Jekel, H. (1883) Notes sur le travail de M. Chevrolat concernant les Peridinetus. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 26 [1882], 84 - 86.

Lyal, C. H. C. & King, T. (1996) Elytro-tergal stridulation in weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Journal of Natural History, 30 (5), 703 - 773.

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.

Pascoe, F. P. (1880) New Neotropical Curculionidae. Part III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5, 6, 176 - 184.

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 17 – 24. Dorsal and lateral habitus of Peridinetus species. 17 – 18, P. ca n u s, Volcán (Panamá); 19 – 20, P. rubens, Cerro Campana (Panamá); 21 – 22, P. cretaceus, Turrialba (Costa Rica); 23 – 24, P. distinctus, Columbia Forest (Belize).