Cimex tucmatiani, (Wygodzinsky, 1951)

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Propicimex tucmatiani (Wygodzinsky, 1951)

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Cimex tucmatiani Wygodzinsky, 1951: 186 [key], 190-192 [descr. (female, nymph); distr.; hosts; figs.] Cimex tucmatiani: Ronderos 1961: 29 -34 [distr.; hosts; descr. (male); figs.]

Propicimex tucmatiani (Wygodzinsky) : Usinger 1966: 306 -308 [comb. nov.; re-descr.; figs.; refs.]

Molossus major crassicaudatus Geoffroy, 1805 [ Vespertilionidae ]

ARGENTINA: Salta: Dto. Rivadavia, Santa Victoria Este, 10-VI-1960, A. Bachmann leg., 1 male, 3 females, # 4875 [DES], # 4873 [DES], # 4875 [DES], all on bats ( Ronderos 1961), 5-VIII-1960, 1 male [improperly labeled as Allotype], # 4876 [DES] ( Ronderos 1961), # 1563/2 [MLP] ( Coscarón 1996), on bat ( Ronderos 1961).

Myotis nigricans nigricans (Schinz, 1821) [ Vespertilionidae ]

ARGENTINA: Tucumán: [Dto. Trancas], “El Chorrillo”, = Chorrillos [Type-locality] ( Wygodzinsky 1959b), 31-XII-1949, J. de Jiménez leg., 1 female Holotype, # 777 [IMR], on bat (Wygodzinsky 1951), # 1563/1 [MLP] ( Coscarón 1996), 2 females Paratypes, 5 nymphs, # 777 [IMR], on bat (Wygodzinsky 1951) [1 female Paratype [EMEC], on bat, sent by Wygodzinsky] ( Usinger 1966).

Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) and/or Myotis sp. [ Vespertilionidae ]

ARGENTINA: Tucumán: Dto. Trancas, [Las] Tacanas ( Wygodzinsky 1959b), 25-XI-1947, R. Golbach leg., 1 female Paratype, 1 nymph [FIML], on bat, together with Cimex lectularius L. [1 male (FIML)] (Wygodzinsky 1951).

Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) [ Vespertilionidae ]

ARGENTINA: Santiago del Estero: [city?], 22-X-1964, J.W. Abalos leg., 2 males, 1 female, on bat ( Usinger 1966).

New record

Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) [ Vespertilionidae ]

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: Otamendi, Estación INTA Delta, 25-VII-1979, Di Iorio leg., 2 nymphs, 2 adults [DIOC], one slide-mounted, in a bat-roosting hollow in the wall of a roof in an abandoned house.

Further records

BRAZIL: [Santa Catarina]: Nova Teutonia, 4-XI-1935, F. Plaumann leg., 1 male [EMEC?]; Nova Teutonia, 27º 15’ S, 52º 23’ W, V-1936, F. Plaumann leg., additional exx. [BMNH] ( Usinger 1966).

Note 1: The date of the Holotype given by Wygodzinky (1951) was 31-XII-1949, but Ronderos (1961) gives 31- XII-1948 as it is labeled, deposited in MLP. The same data of Ronderos (1961) are repeated by Coscarón (1996). Note 2: The “Alotypo” was collected 5-VIII-1960 by Ronderos (1961), but it is labeled VI-1960 ( Coscarón 1996). Allotype designation was improperly made after to the original description.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Distribution of bat bugs from Argentina: square, Latrocimex spectans; circles, Propicimex tucmatiani.