Passandra fasciata (Gray in Griffith, 1832 )

Zubarán, Gastón E. & Di Iorio, Osvaldo R., 2018, The family Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in Argentina with comments on species from Brazil and Paraguay, Zootaxa 4425 (3), pp. 471-497 : 478-480

Passandra fasciata (Gray in Griffith, 1832)

Figs. 3 (distribution), 6 (habitus, head)

Parandra fasciata Gray in Griffith 1832: 93 (description; distribution; figs. 2 [plate 75]).

Passandra fasciata: Newman 1839: 391 (comb. n.); Bruch 1914: 325 (catalogue; distribution); Blackwelder 1945: 420 (catalogue; distribution); Ślipiński 1987: 575 – 576 (synonymy; description; distribution; figs. 11, 93–94); Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003: 833 (references; distribution; figs. 403, 487–488).

Literature records: MEXICO ( Blackwelder 1945; Ślipiński 1987): Yucatan ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); CUBA ( Blackwelder 1945; Ślipiński 1987; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); PANAMA ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); COSTA RICA: Guanacaste; Puntarenas ( Ivie & Ślipiński 2005); GUATEMALA ( Blackwelder 1945); NICARAGUA ( Blackwelder 1945); COLOMBIA ( Blackwelder 1945; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); FRENCH GUIANA ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); PERU ( Ślipiński 1987); BRAZIL: Amazonas; Bahía; Goiás; Minas Gerais; São Paulo; Rio Grande do Sul ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); BOLIVIA: Cochabamba; Santa Cruz ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); PARAGUAY: Central ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); Presidente Hayes ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); ARGENTINA ( Ślipiński 1987): Jujuy ( Bruch 1914); Salta ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); Tucumán ( Bruch 1914; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003): near Cañete, “La Soledad”, identified by M. Viana ( Bucher 1974); Santiago del Estero ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); Chaco ( Bruch 1914; Blackwelder 1945; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003). URUGUAY: Montevideo: Montevideo ( Monné 1970).

Material examined: PERU: Río Marañón , Montenegro, 7-XI-1961, G.J. Williner leg., 2 exx. [DIOC]. BRAZIL: [Mato Grosso do Sul]: Río Amambai , Rancho Grande, 9-XI-1966, G.J. Williner leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC] ; PARAGUAY: Central : Asunción, [ilegible number]- X-1932, Rodríguez leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC] ; Alto Paraguay: Ea. Campo Grande (19º 46´51.1" S, 59º 46´51.5" W), 9-XII-2002, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC], mercury light trap ; ARGENTINA: Salta:

Destilería Campo Durán , I-1977, 2 exx. [ DIOC] , light trap; Finca Tolloche, Staadtler leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], light trap; Tucumán: 10-II-1907, C. Bruch, 1 ex. [ CBBA] ; Santiago del Estero: Pinto , I-2005, A. Borquez leg., 1 ex. [ GZSM] ; Chaco: Miraflores , 22-I-1996, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC] , mercury light trap; Roque Saenz Peña , 14-XII-1938, Fortuny Morey leg., 2 exx. [ DIOC] ; San Bernardo , I-1980, Di Iorio leg., 5 exx. [ DIOC] , mercury light trap; Charata, Di Iorio leg., 11-I-1992, 1 ex. [DIOC], 18-I-1994, 1 ex. [DIOC], 19-I-1994, 2 exx. [DIOC], 31-I-1994, 1 ex. [DIOC], 17-I-1996, 3 exx. [DIOC], mercury light trap; Charata , 11-I-1994, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC] , at night on Schinopsis balansae [lopped tree]; Resistencia , X-12960, A. Martínez leg., 1 ex. [ DIOC] ; Córdoba: “ Bajada de Chancaní ”, XII- 1964, 1 ex. [ DIOC] ; Santa Fe: 190_, C. Bruch, 2 exx. [ CBBA] ; Mendoza: C.S. Reed leg., 1 ex. [ CBBA] ; Buenos Aires : Buenos Aires [city?], Col. A. Stevenin, 1 ex. [ MACN] ; [Buenos Aires city], Palermo , XI-1922, Yepes leg., 1 ex. [ MACN] .

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FIGURE 3. Geographic distributions of Passandridae from Argentina and Paraguay: Passandra fasciata, circles; Taphroscelidia humeralis, squares.