Palliolatrix infucata 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 : 22

3. Palliolatrix infucata Prena sp. n.

( Figs. 4 , 13 )

Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “ COSTA RICA, Cart. 4/ km. NE. Cañon, Gene­/ sis II, 2350m.VIII­27­/ 1998, C.W. & L. O’Brien ” ( CWOB, long­term loan of Californian Academy of Sciences ).

Paratypes none.

Description. Total length 10.3 mm, standard length 9.9 mm (n=1). Integument dark red; basic vestiture of small, elongate yellowish scales which are larger and condensed in fuzzy dorsolateral pronotal vittae, in fuzzy oblique elytral fascia, along elytral striae (particularly in and behind fascia) and along suture of lateral plates. Rostrum 0.85× length of pronotum, curvature over antennal insertion moderate, dorsum finely costate medially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.33× length of rostrum. Pronotum as long as wide, greatest width in basal third, sides rounded gently toward tubulate frontal portion. Elytra 1.77× longer than wide, humeri 1.38× wider than pronotum; interstria 3 without tumidity at midlength, preapical callus moderate for genus. Legs with minute femoral tooth, tibia barely produced ventrally, base slightly curved ( Fig. 13 ).

Distribution. The species is known only from one specimen collected in the Cordillera de Talamanca at 2350 m elevation.

Specific epithet. A Latin participle; the made­up hood­wearer.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Dorsal and lateral aspects of species of Palliolatrix. 1, P. quadrimaculata (HT); 2, P. quadrimaculata s. l. (Guatemala, Zapotitlan); 3, P. tuberosa; 4, P. infucata; 5, P. attenuata; 6–7, P. palliolatrix; 8, P. pulchra; 9, P. crassa; 10, P. virgata.

FIGURES 11–28. Palliolatrix. 11, venter, male, P. palliolatrix. 12–15, metafemur and tibia; 12, P. palliolatrix; 13, P. infucata; 14, P. crassa; 15, P. pulchra. 16–25, male genitalia and associated structures; 16, sternite 8, P. palliolatrix; 17, sternite 9, P. palliolatrix; 18, ditto, P. crassa; 19, tegmen, P. palliolatrix; 20, aedeagus, lateral, P. palliolatrix; 21, apex of aedeagus, dorsal, P. palliolatrix; 22, ditto, P. crassa; 23, aedeagal flagellum, P. palliolatrix; 24, ditto, detail; 25; ditto, P. crassa. 26–28, female genitalia and associated structures, P. palliolatrix; 26, sternite 8; 27, genital tract; 28, stylus. Scale 0.5 mm for genitalia except 24–25 (0.1 mm), 27 (1.0 mm) and 28 (0.2 mm).