Hypothenemus meridensis Wood, 2007: 506

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 : 520

Hypothenemus meridensis Wood, 2007: 506

Fig. 9 G–H

Material examined. Argentina, Tucumán, Dpto. Trancas, Ticucho , 26º 34’ 04” S, 65º 14’ 04.1” W, 07.V.2018, cols. S. Córdoba and E . Mendoza (1, IFML); Dpto. Trancas, Ticucho , 26º 34’ 04” S, 65º 14’ 04.1” W, 10.IX.2018, cols. S. Córdoba and E . Mendoza (9, IFML). New country record .

Distribution. Argentina: Tucumán (Dpto. Trancas); South America: Brazil and Venezuela ( Wood 2007; Atkinson & Flechtmann 2021).

Comments. This species was described from Venezuela but is widely distributed in Brazil ( Atkinson & Flechtmann 2021). A revision of specimens from lowland Mexico to South America that had previously been identified as H. erectus (LeConte) , including specimens in Wood’s collection, were either H. birmanus (Eggers) or this species (Atkinson, unpublished).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Dorsal and lateral views. A–B: Scolytus rugulosus; C–D: Hypothenemus crudiae, female; E–F: Hypothenemus eruditus, female (USNMENT01356822); G–H: Hypothenemus meridensis, female (USNMENT00912566); I–J: Hypothenemus seriatus, female; K–L: Amasa sp., female. Photographs by S.P. Córdoba (K, L) and T.H.Atkinson (all others). Photographs from Smithsonian USNM include specimen barcode values, used with permission (CC0).