Palliolatrix pulchra Prena, 2006

Prena, Jens, 2006, Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen. n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 1319 (1), pp. 15-28 : 26

6. Palliolatrix pulchra Prena sp. n.

( Figs. 8, 15)

Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “Coco Solo Hospital/ Canal Zone/ 9°21'N 79°51'W / 6.IV.76 Engleman”, “beating plants/ at night”, “HPS­211” ( CMNC).

Paratypes 6 (2 males, 2 females, 2 not sexed): COSTA RICA. Alajuela Prov.: Upala , 10 km SE Dos Ríos, 250 m, 5.11.1987, H. Lezama ( JPPC) . Guanacaste Prov.: 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Pitilla Stn. , 700 m, VII/1994, P. Ríos, CRI001 884852 ( INBC) . PANAMA. Canal Zone : 1.5 km S Gamboa, 9.11.1969, H. Stockwell ( HPSC) . Coclé Prov.: El Valle , 700 m, 4.11.1979, H. Stockwell ( HPSC) , 12.8.2000, W. Opitz ( CWOB) ; Cerro Goital , 10– 12.6.1985, E.G. Riley & D. Rider ( CWOB) .

Description. Total length 4.9–5.2 mm, standard length 4.7–5.0 mm (n=5). Integument dark red; basic vestiture microscopic, light yellow scales in irregular patches on pronotum and elytra, in spots on elytral interstria 3 and behind preapical callus, along flank of prothorax behind eye, in fascia on metepisternum down to metasternum, and laterally on ventrites; vermilion scales on head and in depressed portions of yellowish patches on pronotum and elytra. Rostrum 0.78–0.81× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion distinct, dorsum costate medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.40–0.42× length of rostrum. Pronotum 0.96–1.02× longer than wide, sides subparallel in basal half, then constricted and tubulate in front, lateral portion depressed and with vermilion scales at places. Elytra 1.55–1.61× longer than wide, humeri 1.40–1.45× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus weak compared to congeners. Legs with large femoral tooth, tibia produced ventrally, base notably curved ( Fig. 15).

Distribution. The species is known from two sites on the Atlantic slope of the Cordillera de Guanacaste in northwest Costa Rica and two sites in central Panama.

Specific epithet. A Latin adjective; the pretty hood­wearer.