Published June 19, 2024 | Version v1
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Arhopalus montanus

  • 1. Laboratorio de Invertebrados, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán.
  • 2. Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico.

Description

Arhopalus montanus (LeConte, 1873)

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Syntypes locality. United States of America, Colorado. Distribution. United States of America (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán [new record], Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas), Honduras.

Remarks. The species of Arhopalus are commonly attracted at light and associated with their host plants, mainly of the genus Pinus L. Arhopalus montanus is distributed from southern Mexico (Chiapas) to northern Mexico (Chihuahua). The new record in Michoacán represents the most central Mexico.

Material examined. MÉXICO: Michoacán, Nocutzepo, 19°31’00’’ N, 101°41’00’’ O; 15/Mayo/2001, trampa de luz, C. M. Jurado Vargas col. (CEUM, 1); same data except: 14/Mayo/2002 (CEUM, 2); 18/septiembre/2002 (CEUM, 3); 07/Octubre/2002 (CEUM, 1); 01/Junio/2017 (CEUM, 3); Taretan, 19°20’3.32’’ N, 101°55’3.02’’ O, 30/Agosto/2002, trampa de luz, C. M. Jurado Vargas col. (CEUM 1); same data except: 20/Mayo/2017 (CEUM 1); 03/Junio/2017 (CEUM, 1), 02/Mayo/2017 (CEUM, 1).

Notes

Published as part of Altamirano, Janeth, Pérez-Flores, Oscar, Escalante-Jiménez, Ana Leticia & Jurado-Vargas, Cesar Marco, 2024, Diversity of nocturnal Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from seven localities in Michoacán, Mexico, with description of a new species, pp. 329-342 in Zootaxa 5471 (3) on page 341, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/12190130

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