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| Epicaerus panamensis Girón & de Medeiros, in Atencio, Barba, Collantes, ... et Girón, 2022. |
Abstract
Epicaerus panamensis Girón & de Medeiros, a new species of broad-nosed weevil in the tribe Geonemini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) is described. Specimens have been collected on or around potato cultivars in Tierras Altas de Chiriquí, Panama. Field and habitus images, images of the male and female genitalia, an image of the feeding damage caused by the weevils on potato leaves, and a locality map are provided. The species is compared to the closely related Epicaerus inaequalis (Sharp, 1891), including a brief discussion regarding their morphological affinities and current taxonomic placement.
Keywords: Coleoptera, broad-nosed weevils, highlands, Neotropics, Central America
Randy Atencio, Anovel Barba, Rubén Collantes, Javier Pittí, Jorge Muñoz, Bruno A. S. de Medeiros and Jennifer Girón. 2022. A New Species of Epicaerus Pascoe, 1881 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Geonemini) associated with Potato Cultivars in Tierras Altas de Chiriquí, Panama. Zootaxa. 5115(1); 103-121. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.7
