Catogenus decoratus Newman, 1839

Fig. 5 (distribution)

Catogenus decoratus Newman 1839: 303 (description; distribution).

Catogenus decoratus: Bruch 1914: 326 (catalog; distribution); Blackwelder 1945: 423 (catalog; distribution); Ślipiński 1989: 109 – 110 (re-description; distribution; figs. 49–53); Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003: 823 (references; distribution; figs. 317–321).

Literature records: CHILE (Blackwelder 1945; Ślipiński 1989; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003); ARGENTINA (Blackwelder 1945); Neuquén (Bruch 1914).

Material examined: ARGENTINA: Neuquén: [without locality], 12-III-1898, C. Bruch, 1 ex. [CBBA].

Note. The record of C. decoratus from Brazil by Blackwelder (1945) and repeated by Burckhardt & Ślipiński (2003) is possibly erroneous. Distributional data restrict it to the cold forests of Nothofagus in southern Chile and Argentina.