Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford 1895)  


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SYNONYMY


Taxonomic Comments.   Listed as 'Platypus sp. 2' by Noguera & Atkinson (1994: 462).


  • Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford 1895) Biol. Cent. Amer. 4(6): 98
  • Platypus exaratus Blandford 1895. Biol. Cent. Amer. 4(6): 98
  • Platypus sp. Atkinson et al. 1986. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 69: 47
  • Platypus sp. 4 Atkinson & Equihua 1986. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 79: 423
  • Platypus sp. 1 Noguera & Atkinson 1990. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 83(3): 462
  • Platypus sp. 2 Noguera & Atkinson 1990. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 83(3): 462

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.


Distribution Comments.   Intermediate and lower elevations from Central Mexico to Costa Rica.


  • Central America (13)
    Costa Rica (4): Guanacaste (1), Heredia (2), Puntarenas (1); El Salvador (1): La Libertad (1); Guatemala (8): Baja Verapaz (1), Escuintla (2), Guatemala (1), Izabal (1), Quetzaltenango (1), Sololá (1), Suchitepequez (1);
  • North America (23)
    México (23): Chiapas (1), México (1), Morelos (5), Nayarit (2), Oaxaca (1), San Luís Potosí (1), San Luis Potosí (1), unknown (1), Veracruz (10);
  • South America (5)
    Perú (5): Loreto (4), Madre de Dios (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 (20);
  • Cupressaceae (1): Taxodium (1): mucronatum (1);
  • Euphorbiaceae (1): Hevea (1): no species data (1);
  • Leguminosae (2): Erythrina (1): brevifolia (1); Inga (1): sp. (1);
  • Malvaceae (4): Heliocarpus (4): appendiculatus (1), sp. (3);
  • Moraceae (3): Ficus (2): cotinifolia (1), insipida (1); Pseudolmedia (1): spuria (1);
  • trap (10) flight intercept (6): no details (6); light (1): no details (1); Lindgren Funnel (1): ethanol (1); Malaise (2): no details (2);


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). [1138]

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.


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  2. Atkinson, T.H.; Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986. Scolytidae y Platypodidae (Coleoptera) asociados a selva baja caducifolia y comunidades derivadas en el estado de Morelos. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 69: 41-82.
  3. Blandford, W.F.H. 1905. Fam. Scolytidae. Biol.Centrali-Americana 4(6): 281-298.
  4. Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015. Redescripción de Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford 1896) con notas sobre su distribución en México y Centroamérica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Insecta Mundi 443: 1-10.
  5. Burgos Solorio, A.; Hernández, N. 2020. Los Platipodinos (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) del estado de Morelos, México. Dugesiana 27 (1): 55-73.
  6. 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.

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No.Collection dataPublication
Central America
1-> Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Parque Nal. Santa Rosa; 1982[USNM (1) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
2-> Costa Rica, Heredia, 16km SSE La Virgen; 9/IV/2001; ALAS; trap: Malaise[INBio (1 , male) (LR Kirkendall-2023, unpublished)]
3-> Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva; 10/III/2004; ALAS; trap: flight intercept[INBio (1) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
4-> Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Piedras Blancas, 24 km W; X/1990; trap: Malaise[LRKC (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
5-> El Salvador, La Libertad, San Andrés; 29/VI/1976; Euphorbiaceae: Hevea[NHMW (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
6-> Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, San Jerónimo; Champion, G.C.[BMNH (1: syntype(s), male) (Blandford, W.F.H. 1905: 98) (LR Kirkendall-2023, unpublished)]
7-> Guatemala, Escuintla, El Zapote; 16/VII/1948; Mitchell, R.D.[FMNH (2) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
8-> Guatemala, Escuintla, Volcan de Agua; 19/V/1964; Wood, S.L.[USNM (2) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
9-> Guatemala, Guatemala, Primavera; 6/II/1939[USNM (1) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished) (SL Wood-1982, unpublished) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
10-> Guatemala, Izabal, Finca Firmeza; 16/X/2005; Turnbow, R.H.[RHTC (1) (TH Atkinson-2012, unpublished)]
11-> Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Cerro Zunil; Champion, G.C.[BMNH (3: syntype(s)) (Blandford, W.F.H. 1905: 98)]
12-> Guatemala, Sololá, Panajachel; Champion, G.C.[BMNH (1: syntype(s)) (Blandford, W.F.H. 1905: 98)]
13-> Guatemala, Suchitepequez, Reserva Los Tarrales; 4/VI/2005; Turnbow, R.H.[RHTC (1) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
North America
14-> México, Chiapas, Huixtla, 24 mi N; 29/VI/1965; Raske, A.[DEBC (1) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
15-> México, México, San Nicolas; 6/X/2000; Burgos S., A.; Moraceae: Ficus insipida[BURG (9) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
16-> México, Morelos, Cañon de Lobos; 22/X/1983; Martínez F., E.[TAMU (2) (Atkinson, T.H.; Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986: 47) (TH Atkinson-2014, unpublished)]
17-> México, Morelos, Cañon de Lobos; 11/XI/1983; Martínez F., E.; Leguminosae: Erythrina brevifolia[TAMU (2) (Atkinson, T.H.; Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986: 47) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
18-> México, Morelos, Cañon de Lobos; Moraceae: Ficus cotinifolia[UAEM () (Atkinson, T.H.; Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986: 47) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
19-> México, Morelos, Santiago Tepetlapa; 23/VI/1983; Martínez F., E.; Saucedo C., E.[unknown (1) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Hernández, N. 2020: 59)]
20-> México, Morelos, Temixco; 21/II/1982; Burgos S., A.; Cupressaceae: Taxodium mucronatum[TAMU (2) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
21-> México, Nayarit, Islas Tres Marías, Magdalena; 20/V/1925; Keifer, H.H.[CAS (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
22-> México, Nayarit, Islas Tres Marías, María Madre; 17/V/1925; Keifer, H.H.[CAS (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
23-> México, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 115 mi (184 km) S, hwy 131; 27/V/1971; Bright, D.E.; trap: light[DEBC (1) (TH Atkinson-2014, unpublished) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
24-> México, San Luís Potosí, Tamazunchale; 23/XI/1946; Ross, E.S.[NMW (1 , male) (LR Kirkendall-2023, unpublished)]
25-> México, San Luis Potosí, Tamazunchale; 23/XI/1946; Ross, E.S.[NHMW (, male) (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
26-> México, unknown, Mexico (country)[unknown (1) (Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992: 1138)]
27-> México, Veracruz, Lago de Catemaco; 25/VIII/1965; Gillogly, A.R.[TAMU (1) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
28-> México, Veracruz, Lago de Catemaco; 1/V/1969; Bright, D.E.[DEBC (1) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
29-> México, Veracruz, Sontecomapan, 10 mi NW; 18/VI/1969; Bright, D.E.[DEBC (3) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
30-> México, Veracruz, Uxpanapa; 23/V/1981; Equihua M., A.; Leguminosae: Inga sp.[TAMU (1) (Atkinson, T.H.; Equihua M., A. 1986: 422) (Burgos Solorio, A.; Atkinson, T.H. 2015: 3)]
31-> México, Veracruz, Uxpanapa; 31/I/1984; Equihua M., A.; Malvaceae: Heliocarpus appendiculatus[TAMU (2) (Atkinson, T.H.; Equihua M., A. 1986: 422)]
32-> México, Veracruz, Uxpanapa; 28/IV/1982; Atkinson, T.H.; Moraceae: Pseudolmedia spuria[TAMU (1) (Atkinson, T.H.; Equihua M., A. 1986: 422) (TH Atkinson-2014, unpublished)] [USNM (4) (TH Atkinson-2014, unpublished)]
33-> México, Veracruz, Vereda Linneo; 18/IX/2019; Ibarra J., L.A.; trap: Lindgren Funnel ethanol[UTIC (1) (TH Atkinson-2020, unpublished)]
34-> México, Veracruz, Xalapa; 29/VII/1983; Noguera M., F.A.; Malvaceae: Heliocarpus sp.[TAMU (3 , male) (Noguera M., F.A., Atkinson, T.H. 1990: 462) (LR Kirkendall-2023, unpublished)]
35-> México, Veracruz, Xalapa; 30/VII/1983; Noguera M., F.A.; Malvaceae: Heliocarpus sp.[TAMU (8) (Noguera M., F.A., Atkinson, T.H. 1990: 462)]
36-> México, Veracruz, Xalapa; 18/X/1983; Noguera M., F.A.; Malvaceae: Heliocarpus sp.[TAMU (1) (Noguera M., F.A., Atkinson, T.H. 1990: 462)]
South America
37-> Perú, Loreto; 3/VII/1993; Leschen, R.; trap: flight intercept[SEMC () (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
38-> Perú, Loreto, 1.5 km N Teniente López; 18/VII/1993; Leschen, R.; trap: flight intercept[SEMC () (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
39-> Perú, Loreto, 1.5 km N Teniente López; 18/VII/1993; Leschen, R.; trap: flight intercept[SEMC () (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
40-> Perú, Loreto, 1.5 km N Teniente López; 18/VII/1993; Leschen, R.; trap: flight intercept[SEMC () (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]
41-> Perú, Madre de Dios, CICRA Field Station, trail 6, research plot; 9/VI/2011; Chaboo Team 2011; trap: flight intercept[SEMC () (LR Kirkendall-, unpublished)]

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