Champion, 1907 : 176
Seidlitz (1909: 326)
Hustache (1938: 8)
Blackwelder (1947: 886)
O’Brien & Wibmer (1982 : 178
Wibmer (1982
Marquis (1991: 201)
The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
Prena, Jens
Zootaxa
2010
2507
1
36
76SCW
Champion
Champion
[195,642,674,700]
Insecta
Curculionidae
Peridinetus
Animalia
Coleoptera
25
26
Arthropoda
species
coccineifrons
( Fig. 46, 47)
Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion, 1907: 176. Seidlitz (1909: 326), Hustache (1938: 8), Blackwelder (1947: 886), O’Brien & Wibmer (1982: 178), Marquis (1991: 201).
Diagnosis. Peridinetus coccineifronsis one of numerous species with red anterior and khaki posterior vestiture ( Fig. 46). 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 mmlong (standard length 4.2–6.2 mm) and on average larger than the similar P. rufotorquatus.
Distribution.This species has been found in Costa Ricaand Panamaon both sides of Cordilleras. Plant association. Piper aequale(Prena 1 ×), P. carrilloanum( Marquis 1991), P. riparense(Marquis 1 ×), P. urophyllum( Marquis 1991).
Typematerial.2 syntypes, Panamá, Bugaba ( BMNH1) and Volcán ( BMNH1). Material examined. Costa Rica. Alajuela: R.B. San Ramón, 800 m( INBC1); Sector Colonia Palmareña, 700 m( INBC1). Cartago: Turrialba ( CMNC1). Heredia: Puerto Viejo, Est. La Selva, 100 m( CMNC1, USNM5); La Virgen del Seguro, Cariblanco ( USNM1); 10 kmSE La Virgen, 450 m( JPPC1). Puntarenas: Las Mellizas, 1400 m( JPPC1); P.N. Corcovado ( USNM3), Est. Sirena, 0-100 m( CMNC1, INBC8, JPPC2), Est. Agujas, 300 m( INBC1); Est. La Leona, 50 m( JPPC2); Tigra, 1300 m( INBC1). San José: 12 kmNE San Isidro del General, Cerro Chucuyo, 1350 m( JPPC1). Panamá. Canal Area: Cacao Plantation Road ( HPSC2). Chiriquí: Bugaba ( BMNH1); Volcán ( AMNH1, BMNH1). Coclé: El Valle, 700 m( CHAH1). Panamá: Cerro Campana, 850 m( HPSC2). San Blas: Nusagandi, 450 m( HPSC1). Total 40 specimens.