Taphroscelidia semicastanea ( Reitter, 1876 )

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 : 480-482

Taphroscelidia semicastanea ( Reitter, 1876)

Figs. 4 (distribution), 12 (habitus)

Ancistria semicastanea Reitter 1876: 39 (description).

Scalidia semicastanea Reitter 1877: 135 (comb.n.).

Scalidia s e micastanea: Bosq 1943: 8 (distribution); Blackwelder 1945: 423 (catalog; distribution); Viana & Williner 1978: 38 (distribution).

Taphroscelidia semicastanea: Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991: 478 – 479 (comb.n.; description; distribution; figs. 92, 105, 115, 137 – 138); Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003: 871 (distribution; references; figs. 570, 583, 593, 615 – 616).

Literature records: BRAZIL ( Blackwelder 1945; Viana & Williner 1978): Mato Grosso; Santa Catarina ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991, 2003); ARGENTINA ( Blackwelder 1945; Viana & Williner 1978): Misiones ( Bosq 1943; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991, 2003); Santiago del Estero ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991, 2003); La Rioja: Iliar ( Viana & Williner 1978); Córdoba: Alta Gracia; El Sauce ( Viana & Williner 1978); San Luis ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991, 2003): San Gerónimo ( Viana & Williner 1978); Santa Fe ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 1991, 2003); Buenos Aires ( Bosq 1943).

Material examined: BOLIVIA: [labeled Salta]: Carapari, 17-I-1945, Bridarolli leg., 1 ex. [DIOC]; ARGENTINA: Salta: Campo Quijano, 14-VIII-1991, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. [DIOC], emerged from Celtis pubescens [lopped branch] (Appendix 1); Cabeza de Buey, 18-VIII-1991, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Prosopis sp. [dry branch]; Misiones: Dos de Mayo, XI-1973, G.J. Williner leg., 1 ex. [DIOC]; Catamarca: La Ciénaga (Belén), 192_, W. Wolters leg., 2 exx. [CBBA]; Santiago del Estero: 190_, C. Bruch, 1 ex. [CBBA]; Girardet, 1 ex. [CBBA]; Corrientes: Río Paraná, Islas Noguera, 26–27-II-1991, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. [DIOC], emerged from Inga uruguensis [dry branch] (Appendix 1); La Rioja: Iliar, I-1930, M. Gómez leg., 1 ex. [CBBA]; Anillaco, 24-I-1999, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], mercury light trap; Anillaco, 22-III-1998, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 1-I-99 from Acacia visco [lopped branches] (Appendix 1); Anillaco, 21-VI-1998, Di Iorio leg., 4 exx. [DIOC], emerged IX-98 (2), 10-X-98 (2) from Acacia visco [branches girdled by Oncideres germarii during III-1997] (Appendix 1), 19-VII-1998, Di Iorio leg, 1 ex. [DIOC], in Acacia visco [branches girdled by Oncideres germarii during III-1997]; Los Molinos, Di Iorio leg., 20-I-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], 24-I-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], 19-X-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], 16-XII-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], 20-XII- 1999, 2 exx. [DIOC], 29-IX-2000, 1 ex. [DIOC], 8-X-2000, 1 ex. [DIOC], 21-X-2000, 2 exx. [DIOC], 25-XII-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], 30-X-2000, 3 exx. [DIOC], 7-XII-2000, 1 ex. [DIOC], 12-XII-2000, 1 ex. [DIOC], 31-XII-2000, 1 ex. [DIOC], 17-I-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 9-II-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 25-X-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 11-XI-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 19- XI-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 25-XII-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 30-XII-2001, 1 ex. [DIOC], 30-I-2002, 1 ex. [DIOC], mercury light traps; Los Molinos, 18-V-2000, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. [DIOC], emerged 7-X-2000 from Ficus carica [dead standing tree] (Appendix 1); Los Molinos, 5-X-2001, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 19-XII-01 from Gleditsia triacanthos [lopped branches] (Appendix 1); Los Molinos, Di Iorio leg., 20-II-1999, 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 27-X-99 from Acacia visco [lopped branches], 14-I-2002, 10 exx. [DIOC], emerged 23-II-02 (2), 24-II-02 (2), 27-II-02 (2), 9- III-02 (1), 11-III-02 (1), 13-III-02 (2) from Acacia visco [bole of a tree felled XII-2000] (Appendix 1); Los Molinos, 30-I-2002, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], inside Cucurbitella duriaei , “zapallo de zorro” [dead stems] (Appendix 1); Córdoba: 190_, C. Bruch, 1 ex. [CBBA], “ Scalidia / semicastanea / Reitt.” [handwritten by Bruch], “ Scalidia / semicastanea ” [handwritten by Grouvelle, cutted]; Alta Gracia, La Granja, C. Bruch leg., 1 ex. [CBBA], 10-I-1925, C. Bruch leg., 1 ex.[CBBA]; Entre Ríos: Liebig, Di Iorio leg., 8-I-1997, 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Acacia bonariensis [felled plant] (Appendix 1), 6-II-1997, 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Scutia buxifolia [lopped branches] (Appendix 1); Liebig, 4-II-1998, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 1–15-III-99 from Gleditsia triacanthos [felled tree]; Ceibas, 12-X-1995, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Prosopis affinis [fallen dry young tree] (Appendix 1); Buenos Aires: San Miguel, 4-VII-2003, Zubarán G. leg., 1 ex. [GZSM], emerged 2-IX-2003 from Acacia caven [firewood from Entre Ríos: locality unknown].

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FIGURE 4. Geographic distribution of Passandridae from Argentina: Catogenus asper, star; Catogenus depressus, triangle; Taphroscelidia semicastanea, circles.