Neocompsa puncticollis asperula (Bates, 1885)

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, Zootaxa 5471 (3), pp. 329-342 : 334

Neocompsa puncticollis asperula (Bates, 1885)

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Type locality. Mexico, Durango, Ventanas, Villa Corona. Distribution. United States of America (Arizona), Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán [new record], Morelos, Nayarit, Sonora, Sinaloa), Nicaragua (Carazo, Rivas).

Remarks. Most species of Neocompsa Martins, 1965 are frequently collected at night ( Noguera et al. 2009; Audureau & Roguet 2018). In Mexico, 27 species of Neocompsa have been recorded. N. puncticollis asperula (Bates, 1885) is one of the most abundant species collected of this genus in Mexico. However, in this study only three specimens were found.

Material examined. MÉXICO: Michoacán, Taretan , 19°20’3.32’’ N, 101°55’3.02’’ O, 19/Junio/2017, trampa de luz, C. M. Jurado Vargas col. ( CEUM, 3) .

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FIGURES 3–8. New recorded species, dorsal habitus. 3) Gnaphalodes trachyderoides Thomson, 1861; 4) Tylcus hartwegii (White, 1855); 5) Anelaphus piceus (Chemsak, 1962); 6) Metironeus hesperus Chemsak, 1991; 7) Pseudoperiboeum subarmatum Linsley, 1935; 8) Neocompsa puncticollis asperula (Bates, 1885).