The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) Author Prena, Jens text Zootaxa 2010 2507 1 36 journal article 48028 10.5281/zenodo.195971 e3eee8e4-bbb7-478c-a86b-55b36c3ec399 1175-5326 195971 17. Peridinetus coccineifrons Champion ( 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 coccineifrons is 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 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 .