Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of

SYNONYMY

• Megaplatypus dentatus (Dalman 1823) Dalman 1823: 83
• Platypus dentatus Dalman 1823. Dalman 1823: 83
• Megaplatypus subsulcatus (Chapuis 1865) Monographie des Platypides: 140
• Platypus subsulcatus Chapuis 1865. Monographie des Platypides: 140
• Platypus fortis Blandford 1896. Blandford 1896e: 98
• Megaplatypus ursus (Schedl 1933) Rev. Entomol. São Paulo 3(2): 166
• Platypus ursus Schedl 1933. Rev. Entomol. São Paulo 3(2): 166

DISTRIBUTION.

Numbers in parentheses after each geographic unit are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that unit. For exotic species generally only countries are listed for localities outside the New World. For further information on published sources of distribution, check the REFERENCES section.

• Central America (19)
  Costa Rica (16): Heredia (9), Limón (2), Puntarenas (4), San José (1); Panamá (3): Panamá (3);
• South America (14)
  Bolivia (1): Cochabamba (1); Brazil (2): unknown (2); Colombia (4): Magdalena (1), Santander (1), unknown (1), Valle del Cauca (1); Ecuador (5): Napo (5); Fr. Guiana (1): unknown (1); Venezuela (1): unknown (1);
• UNK (1)
  (1): no state / prov. data (1);

HOSTS

Numbers in parentheses after each host family, genus, or collection method are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that host or method.

• No host information (12);
• Bignoniaceae (1): Jacaranda (1): copaia (1);
• Chrysobalanaceae (1): Licania (1): sp. (1);
• Leguminosae (1): Inga (1): vera (1);
• Sapotaceae (2): Pouteria (2): sp. (2);
• trap (15): flight intercept (8): no details (8); light (2): no details (1), ultraviolet (1); Malaise (5): no details (5);
• Urticaceae (1): Cecropia (1): obtusifolia (1);
• Verbenaceae (1) Gmelina (1): arborea (1);

REFERENCES

The following are important recent monographs, catalogs, and supplements to catalogs that refer to this species. The specific page on which the reference is made is shown in pink at the end of the reference. In the case of Wood (1982) and Wood & Bright (1992) clicking on the reference page will link to a digital version of the work in question.

• Wood, S.L., Bright,D.E. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2. Taxonomic Index. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 13:1-1553 (vol. A, B). [1134]

The following are references from which host and distribution data have been input into the database. If one of the above monographs or catalogs also appears in this list, it means that most relevant collection event data have been included.

1. Schedl, K.E. 1976. Neotropische Scolytoidea, XIII. 323 Beitrag zur morphologie und systematik der Scolytoidea. Entomol. Abh. Staat. Mus. Dresden 41(3): 49-92.
2. Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2. Taxonomic Index (Volumes A,B). Great Basin Nat. Mem. 13: 1-1553.

Maps automatically open at the center of the plotted points and the scale is set to encompass all map points. Maps can be resized (scale bar at upper left) and the center moved (place cursor over map and drag) to see other parts of the distribution of the species. Clicking on a map marker will pull up collection event data and a literature citation if present. If any errors are found, please refer to the "series code" which is a unique identifier for a database record in any communications). Coordinates have not been entered for all collection records. Localities outside the New World are not plotted, even though they are listed in the distribution summary and in the table of records.

No.	Collection data	Publication
Central America
1->	Costa Rica, Heredia, 11km ESE La Virgen; 13/II/2004; ALAS; trap: flight intercept	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
2->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 1/XI/1997; ALAS; trap: Malaise	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
3->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 2/IV/1993; ALAS; trap: Malaise	[La Selva (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
4->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 3/IV/2000; ALAS; trap: Malaise	[La Selva (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
5->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 2/V/2000; ALAS; trap: Malaise	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
6->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 21/III/2004; ALAS; trap: Malaise	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
7->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 16/II/2004; ALAS; trap: flight intercept	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
8->	Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 16/II/2004; ALAS; trap: flight intercept	[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
9->	Costa Rica, Heredia, Sarapiquí; 15/I/2014; Marcos G., M.A.; Verbenaceae: Gmelina arborea	[THAC (2) (TH Atkinson-2014, unpublished)]
10->	Costa Rica, Limón, Las Mercedes; Nevermann, F.	[NMW (1: paratype(s)) (Schedl, K.E. 1976: 78)]
11->	Costa Rica, Limón, Río Reventazon, Hamburgfarm; 20/V/1923; Nevermann, F.	[NMW (1: holotype, male) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1191) (Schedl, K.E. 1976: 78)] [NMW (1: allotype, female) (Schedl, K.E. 1976: 78)]
12->	Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Corcovado NP, Sirena Biol. Sta.; 10/I/1989; Duckett, C.N.	[CUIC (1) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
13->	Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Rincón de Osa; 11/VIII/1966; Wood, S.L.; Sapotaceae: Pouteria sp.	[USNM (2) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished)]
14->	Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Rincón de Osa; 11/VIII/1966; Wood, S.L.; Urticaceae: Cecropia obtusifolia	[USNM (43) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished)]
15->	Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Rincón de Osa; 11/VIII/1966; Wood, S.L.	[USNM (8) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished)]
16->	Costa Rica, San José, Santa Ana; 4/X/1963; Wood, S.L.; Sapotaceae: Pouteria sp.	[USNM (1 , male) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
17->	Panamá, Panamá, Camino del Oleoducto; 12/II/1999; Turnbow, R.H.	[RHTC (1) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished)]
18->	Panamá, Panamá, Canita, 25 km SE; 7/V/1999; Morris, R.; Wappes, J.	[FSCA (1) (TH Atkinson-2024, unpublished)]
19->	Panamá, Panamá, Ft. Clayton, Albrook Forest; 23/II/1968; Hutton, R.; Llaurado; trap: light ultraviolet	[THAC (1 , male) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
South America
20->	Bolivia, Cochabamba, Chapare; X/1968; Hochhäuser	[NMW (1 , female) (Schedl, K.E. 1976: 24)]
21->	Brazil, unknown, Brazil (country)	[NHRM (1: holotype, male) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1134)]
22->	Brazil, unknown, Brazil (country)	[unknown (1) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1187)]
23->	Colombia, Magdalena, Sta. Marta; 3/XII/1971; Malkin, B.; trap: light	[FMNH (1) (TH Atkinson-2013, unpublished)]
24->	Colombia, Santander, Montoya, 27 km E; 2/VII/1970; Wood, S.L.; Bignoniaceae: Jacaranda copaia	[USNM (6) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished)]
25->	Colombia, unknown, Colombia (country)	[BMNH (1: holotype, male) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1134)]
26->	Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Colonia, 8 km S; 9/VII/1970; Wood, S.L.; Chrysobalanaceae: Licania sp.	[USNM (1) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
27->	Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Sta.; 21/VII/1994; Génier, F.; trap: flight intercept	[CMNC (, female) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
28->	Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Sta.; 9/VII/1994; Génier, F.; trap: flight intercept	[CMNC (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
29->	Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Sta.; 15/VII/1994; Levy; Génier; trap: flight intercept	[CMNC (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
30->	Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Sta.; 15/VII/1994; Levy; Génier; trap: flight intercept	[CMNC (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
31->	Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Sta.; 18/VII/1994; Levy; Génier; trap: flight intercept	[CMNC (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
32->	Fr. Guiana, unknown, Fr. Guiana (country)	[IRSNB (3: syntype(s), male) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1187)]
33->	Venezuela, unknown, Venezuela (country)	[unknown (1) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1187)]
UNK
34->	, no state / prov. data; Leguminosae: Inga vera	[unknown (0) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1134)]