Neomallodon arizonicus (Casey, 1912)

Heffern, Daniel & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2016, New species and new record of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Mexico, with updates to type depository for two species of Disteniinae, Zootaxa 4072 (5), pp. 569-578 : 571-572

Neomallodon arizonicus (Casey, 1912)

Paramallus arizonicus Casey, 1912: 228 .

Stenodontes (Neomallodon) arizonicus ; Linsley, 1957: 3 (syn.); Linsley et al. 1961 (distr.); Linsley, 1962: 19.

Neomallodon arizonicus ; Skiles, 1978: 409; Chemsak et al., 1992: 14 (checklist); Chemsak, 1996: 83; Monné & Hovore, 2005: 13 (checklist); 2006: 13 (checklist).

Aplagiognathus remotus Linsley, 1934: 161 .

Neomallodon arizonicum ; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 5 (checklist); Monné, 1995: 14 (cat.).

Casey (1912) described this species as Paramallus arizonicus based on female specimens from Arizona ( USA) without a precise locality. Linsley (1934) described Aplagiognathus remotus based on two males also from Arizona (Mount Washington, 6,000 feet, near Nogales, Santa Cruz County). Skiles (1978) stated: “Southeastern Arizona, and presumably northwestern Mexico ”. The latest study with the species was by Chemsak (1996), who plotted the species in a map and recorded: “Range: Southern Arizona.”

Herein we record the species for the first time from the states of Sonora and Jalisco in Mexico. This suggests that the species occurs in other areas of Mexico.

The area in Arizona where the species occurs is defined as the “Southern Semi-Arid Highlands” (C.E.C. 1997). This ecoregion extends into Mexico reaching Northern Michoacán. Although the area where the Mexican specimen was caught in Jalisco is an ecoregion named “Temperate Sierras”, it is near to the Mexican “Southern Semi-Arid Highlands” that encompasses eastern Jalisco.

In Arizona, the females of this species are occasionally collected at lights. Males are not known to be collected at lights, however, the first author collected a male walking on the trunk of a large dead oak ( Quercus sp.) at night in Texas Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona. The specimens from Jalisco were collected in an area dominated by Quercus sp. (G. Nogueira, pers. comm.).

Material examined. MEXICO, Sonora: Rancho los Alisos (9.4 km WSW Aconchi; 29º79’83”N / 110º31’97”W), female, 1-2.VII.2013, T. Van Devender col. ( ACMT); Jalisco: Zapopan (Bosque La Primavera, 1600 m), female, VI.22.2009, G. Nogueira col. ( CNIN); La Venta del Astillero (1680 m), female, 22.VI.2012, G. Nogueira col. ( MZSP).