Arhopalus montanus (LeConte, 1873)

Altamirano, Janeth, Pérez-Flores, Oscar, Escalante-Jiménez, Ana Leticia & Jurado-Vargas, Cesar Marco, 2024, Diversity of nocturnal Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from seven localities in Michoacán, Mexico, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5471 (3), pp. 329-342 : 341

Arhopalus montanus (LeConte, 1873)

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Syntypes locality. United States of America, Colorado. Distribution. United States of America (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán [new record], Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas), Honduras.

Remarks. The species of Arhopalus are commonly attracted at light and associated with their host plants, mainly of the genus Pinus L. Arhopalus montanus is distributed from southern Mexico (Chiapas) to northern Mexico (Chihuahua). The new record in Michoacán represents the most central Mexico.

Material examined. MÉXICO: Michoacán, Nocutzepo, 19°31’00’’ N, 101°41’00’’ O; 15/Mayo/2001, trampa de luz, C. M. Jurado Vargas col. ( CEUM, 1); same data except: 14/Mayo/2002 ( CEUM, 2); 18/septiembre/2002 ( CEUM, 3); 07/Octubre/2002 ( CEUM, 1); 01/Junio/2017 ( CEUM, 3); Taretan , 19°20’3.32’’ N, 101°55’3.02’’ O, 30/Agosto/2002, trampa de luz, C. M. Jurado Vargas col. ( CEUM 1 ) ; same data except: 20/Mayo/2017 ( CEUM 1 ) ; 03/Junio/2017 ( CEUM, 1), 02/Mayo/2017 ( CEUM, 1) .

Figures

FIGURES 18–21. New recorded species, dorsal habitus. 18) Eupogonius arizonensis Knull, 1954; 19) Lypsimena fuscata Haldeman, 1847; 20) Arhopalus asperatus (LeConte, 1859); 21) Arhopalus montanus (LeConte, 1873).