Aegorhinus vitulus (Fabricius)

(Fig. 13 C–D)

Curculio vitulus Fabricius 1775: 152; Hope 1834: 16 ( Lophotus); Blanchard 1851: 329 ( Eublepharus); Marshall 1946: 94 ( Aegorhinus).

= Curculio leprosus Olivier 1807: 395; Lacordaire 1863: 414 ( Lophotus); Marshall 1946: 94 ( Aegorhinus).

Geographic distribution as in figure 12.

Specimens examined: ARGENTINA: Tierra del Fuego, Río Olivia, I-20-1997, Amado col. (MLP); Bahía Thetys, II-20-1951, Torres col. (4 specimens with same data, MLP); Lago Fagnano (on Nothofagus), I-1939 (MLP). CHILE: Magallanes, Isla Navarino, Seno Grandi (55ºS, 20ft, Nothofagus forest), II-6-1959 (4 specimens with same data, BMNH); (BMNH); Puerto Williams (55ºS, 1200ft), I-12-1959 (BMNH); Isla Picton (55ºS, 25ft, Nothofagus forest), II-1-1959 (BMNH);

Temporal distribution: October to February.

Plant association: Several specimens associated with Nothofagus forests or collected on Nothofagus .