Chryasus multistriatus (Chevrolat) Prena, 2024

Prena, Jens, 2024, Consolidation of Aniops Casey, Psiona Casey, Preglyptobaris Bondar and Prospoliata Hustache with Chryasus Champion (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Baridinae) and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5492 (1), pp. 1-24 : 13

10. Chryasus multistriatus (Chevrolat) , new combination

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Baris multistriata Chevrolat (1880: 300 , description), Fleutiaux & Sallé (1890: 453, comment on variation).

Limnobaris multistriata : Hustache (1932: 67 and 319, with precise collecting sites).

Psiona multistriata : Hustache (1938: 128).

Diagnosis. This is an elongate, reddish species with somewhat brighter fascia near the elytral base. It can be distinguished from other, still unnamed Antillean species by subconical pronotum, slender rostrum and protruding eyes.

Material examined. GUADELOUPE. Without precise collecting data, F.-J. Delauney, female holotype ( NHRS 1 ) .

Additional material. Bains-Jaunes and Gourbeyre, F.-J. Delauney, 6 specimens ( Hustache 1932).

Figures

FIGURES 34–47. Chryasus talamanca complex, dorsal and lateral aspects. 34, Male holotype, Buquete in Chiriquí, Panamá; 35, Female paratype, Buquete in Chiriquí, Panamá; 36, Teneral female from gall of Miconia pittieri, Monteverde in Puntarenas, Costa Rica; 37, Female, P.N. Tapantí in Cartago, Costa Rica.