Pagiocerus frontalis ( Fabricius, 1801: 389 )

Córdoba, Silvia P., Atkinson, Thomas H. & Mendoza, Eduardo A., 2023, Checklist of the subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Tucumán province, Argentina, Zootaxa 5353 (6), pp. 501-532 : 506

Pagiocerus frontalis ( Fabricius, 1801: 389)

Fig. 3E–F

Pagiocerus fiorii ( Eggers 1908: 215) ; synonymy Schedl 1960: 6; cited Bright 2004: 156

Material examined. Argentina, Tucumán, Dpto. Famaillá, Sauce Huacho , 26º 55’ 79.9” S, 65º 28’ 61.0” W, 645 m, 04.IV.2017, cols. Córdoba S. and Mendoza E. (1, IFML) ; same data as above, except date 20.III.2017 (2, IFML) ; same data, 06.III.2017 (2, IFML) ; same data, 05.X.2017 (1, IFML) ; same data, 02.V.2017 (1, IFML) ; same data, 23.II.2017 (1, IFML) ; Capital , III.1986, col. R. Golbach (14, IFML) ; Tafí Viejo , 18.III.1987, col. M. Costilla (14, IFML) ; Capital , V.1985, col. F. Aguilera (8, IFML) .

Distribution. Argentina: Tucumán (Dptos. Famaillá, Tafí Viejo and San Miguel de Tucumán); South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana ( France), Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela; Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; Caribbean: Cuba, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles ( Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia) and the República Dominicana; North America: Mexico and United States ( Wood & Bright 1992; Wood 2007; Córdoba & Atkinson 2018; Bright 2019; Córdoba et al. 2021; Atkinson 2023).

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FIGURE 3. Dorsal and lateral views. A–B: Cnesinus hispidus (USNMENT01356403); C–D: Cnesinus squamifer, male (USNMENT00912888); E–F: Pagiocerus frontalis (USNMENT01356590; G–H: Corthylus alienus, female; I–J: Corthylus serulatus, female (USNMENT01547032; K–L: Corthylus sp., female. Photos C and D by S.M. Smith. All others by T.H. Atkinson. Photographs from Smithsonian USNM include specimen barcode values, used with permission (CC0).