Monarthrum aztecum Wood, 2007

Atkinson, Thomas H. & Ibarra Juárez, Luís Arturo, 2021, Corrections and Additions to the Checklist of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae) of Mesic Montane Forest in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 227-239 : 234

44. Monarthrum aztecum Wood, 2007 . Ambrosial, monophagous? Possibly a specialist on oaks ( Quercus ). Known only from the immediate region of Xalapa. Reported as Monarthrum morsum Wood. Wood (2007) subsequently described M. aztecum from some of this material. Based on revision of material in Wood’ s collection, including the unique type, M. morsum does not occur in Mexico.