Embates polymorphus zeledonensis Prena, 2005

Prena, Jens, 2005, The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae), Zootaxa 1100 (1), pp. 1-151 : 1-151

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1100.1.1

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scientific name

Embates polymorphus zeledonensis Prena
status

subsp. nov.

Embates polymorphus zeledonensis Prena View in CoL ssp. n.

Holotype male, Costa Rica , labeled: “Est. Santa Elena, Las Nubes, Prov./ San J. COSTA RICA. 1210m. 28/ JUL–6 AGO 1995. E. Alfaro. / L_S_371750_507800 #6144”, CRI002 352411 ( INBC).

Paratypes 3 (3 males), Costa Rica, labeled: “ Finca El Gringo, Est. Las Nubes de/ Santa Elena, San Jose, Costa Rica./ 1500m. 31 MAR 1996. M. Segura,/ L_S_370700_508850 #7606”, CRI002 400691 ( INBC); “ Costa Rica, SAN JOSÉ: 12/ km NE San Isidro, Cerro / Chucuyo , 9° 26' 15'' N 83°/ 36' 55'' W, 1350 m,/ 28/ 29.3.2000, leg. Prena ” ( JPPC 2 ) .

Diagnosis. Basic vestiture of khaki scales dense; pronotum without dorsolateral vitta, elytron with dark fascia near middle (Fig. 183d); vestiture of metepisternum similar to basic vestiture.

Plant association. Piper imperiale (Prena 2).

Distribution. Costa Rica, Pacific side of Cordillera de Talamanca north San Isidro (Fig. 247).

Subspecific epithet. A Latin adjective referring to Pérez Zeledón [the old name of San

Isidro del General] and modified by suffix.

INBC

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Embates