Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840

Olivier, Renan Da Silva, Santos-Silva, Antonio, Monné, Marcela Laura & Costa-Pinto, Paula Jéssica, 2024, Notes, new records, and transference in South American Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 451-499 : 460-461

Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840

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Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840: 4 .

Remarks. This species was described based on a single specimen from Australia. Currently, it is known from Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zeeland, Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, Malta, South Africa, Malawi, Maroc, Zambia, Mozambique, Israel, United States of America (California), Mexico (Baja California, Mexico, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Puebla, and Tlaxcala), Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Chile, Argentina (Corrientes, Córdoba, La Rioja, Santa Fé, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, and Río Negro), and Uruguay ( Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023).

Corrêa et al. (2020) reported P. recurva damaging specimens of Corymbia citriodora in Brazil (Minas Gerais, Viçosa) and reported: “In Brazil, this borer damaged Corymbia citriodora (Hook) Hill & Johnson ( Myrtaceae ) logs in Paranapanema, São Paulo State, Brazil, in 2001.” The first author observed P. recurva damaging specimens of Corymbia citriodora ( Figs 16–17 ), plant identified by Thomaz R. F. Sinani (ZUFMS), in Mato Grosso do Sul (Campo Grande).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul (new state record): Campo Grande, Parati , Bairro Jardim das Nações, 20°30’23.0”S 54°37’20.0”W, 543 m, 1 specimen (ZUFMS-COL-00991), 29.IX.2022, P.J. Costa-Pinto leg. ( ZUFMS); Campo Grande, Pioneiros, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, FAODO, 20°29’47.7”S 54°36’53.3”W, 552 m, 1 specimen (ZUFMS-COL-01379), 23.VIII.2023, A.L.S. Ramires leg. ( ZUFMS) .

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FIGURES 10–17. 10) Tippmannia olivascens (Lane, 1973), holotype male (MZSP 61268), from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Lavras). 11) Gnomidolon varians Gounelle, 1909, male (MZSP 61224) from Brazil (Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia), dorsal habitus. 12) Lissonotus biguttatus Dalman, 1817, female (MNRJ-ENT-47655) from Brazil (Mato Grosso, Analândia). 13) Ozodes infuscatus Bates, 1870, female (MZSP 61225) from Brazil (São Paulo, Cubatão), dorsal habitus. 14) Aleiphaquilon rugosum Martins & Galileo, 1994, paratype female(?) (MZSP 61226), from Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Triunfo), dorsal habitus. 15) Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840, specimen (ZUFMS-COL-00991) from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande), dorsal habitus. 16–17) Specimen of Corymbia citriodora (Hook) Hill & Johnson damaged by P. recurva.