Megacyllene angulifera (Casey, 1912)

Hart, Charles J. & Ivie, Michael A., 2013, Synonymy ofMegacyllene comancheiRice and Morris andMegacyllene angulifera (Casey) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (2), pp. 89-93 : 89-93

Megacyllene angulifera (Casey, 1912)

Cyllene angulifera Casey, 1912: 354 . Hopping 1937: 446.

Megacyllene angulifera ; Linsley 1964: 89; Chemsak and Linsley 1982: 40. McNamara 1991: 284; Yanega 1996: 72; Heffern 1998: 15; Hanley 2005: 48. Blodgett et al. 2005: 258; Monné and Bezark 2013: 71.

Megacyllene comanchei Rice and Morris, 1992: 200 ; MacRae and Rice 2007: 237; MacRae 2008: 1; Monné and Bezark 2013: 71. New synonymy.

Our analysis was based on the examination of 76 adult specimens and eight photographs (Yanega 1996; Bezark 2013; Lingafelter et al. 2013). Our photographs were taken with a PC-MOUNT

TAMU: Texas A&M Insect Collection , Texas A&M University, College Station , TX, USA

TCMC: Ted C. MacRae Collection, Chesterfield, MO, USA

UCDC: R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

KY-F75U, JVC® digital camera augmented by the Auto-Montage® program. We assembled material from the following collections:

CSUC: C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

DJHC: Daniel J. Heffern Collection, Houston, TX, USA

FMNH: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

KSUC: Museum of Entomological and Prairie Arthropod Research, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

MTEC: Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Bozeman , MT, USA

OSEC: K.C. Emerson Entomology Museum, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

RFMC: Roy F. Morris Collection, Lakeland, FL, USA

RHTC: Robert H. Turnbow Collection, Fort Rucker, AL, USA

Material Examined. 76 specimens. CANADA: Alberta: Medicine Hat , 1920 (1 - UCDC) ; Medicine Hat , 1924 (1 - KSUC) ; Medicine Hat, 1930 (5 - UCDC; 2 - FMNH); Writing-on-Stone Prov. Park, 1981 (1- DJFC) . Manitoba: Aweme (1 - FMNH) ; Aweme , 1915 (1 - FMNH) ; Aweme ,1920 (1 - FMNH) ; Spruce Woods Prov. Park , 1984 (1- DJHC) . USA: Arizona: Maricopa Co., Tempe , 1915 (1 - DJHC) . Colorado: Larimer Co., Ft. Collins , 1902 (1 - CSUC) ; Larimer Co., 1995 (1 - CSUC) . Indiana: Boone Co., 1938 (1 - FMNH) . Kansas: West Kansas (1 - FMNH) ; Baldwin , 1906 (1 - FMNH) ; Gove Co., Monument Rocks , 1988 (1 - TCMC) . Minnesota: Ramsey Co. (1 - FMNH) . Montana: Carbon Co., Bridger , 2004 (5 - MTEC) ; Yellowstone Co., Billings (1 - MTEC) . Nebraska: Keith Co., Cedar Point Biological Station, 2001 (2 - DJHC; 1 - RFMC); Keith Co. , Lake McConaughy , 2005 (4 - RHTC) ; Sioux Co, NW Harrison , 2008 (2 - TCMC) . North Dakota: Ransom Co., McLeod , 1920 (1 - MTEC) . Oklahoma: Oklahoma Co., Edmond (1 - OSEC) ; Granite Co., Nash (1 - OSEC) . South Dakota: Cave Hills , 1928 (1 - FMNH) ; Gregory , 1931 (1 - FMNH) ; Lawrence Co., McNenny State Fish Hatchery , 2008 (2 - TCMC) . Texas: Armstrong Co., Palo Duro Canyon , 1965 (1 - TAMU) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1980 (1 paratype - TAMU) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1988 (1 paratype - RFMC) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1989 (3 paratypes - RFMC) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1990 (1 paratype - TAMU) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1992 (15 - RHTC) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 1996 (1 - DJHC) ; Crosby Co., White River Lake , 2004 (7 - RHTC) ; Lubbock Co., Buffalo Springs , 1990 (1 - TAMU) . Wyoming: Platte Co., Warm Spring , 1999 (1 - CSUC) .