The family Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in Argentina with comments on species from Brazil and Paraguay Author Zubarán, Gastón E. Author Di Iorio, Osvaldo R. text Zootaxa 2018 4425 3 471 497 journal article 29990 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.3 38e6ea4e-2d88-4e41-9f25-38872ac5723e 1175-5326 1270355 B85AC92C-DB34-46BE-B603-7B1F17FDFA90 Catogenus castaneus ( Perty, 1834 ) Figs. 1 (distribution), 11 (habitus) Isonotus castaneus Perty 1834 : 114 (description; distribution; fig. 15 [plate 22]). Passandra concolor Blanchard [1843]: plate 19 (fig. 20), [1847]: 245 (description; distribution) [see publication years of plates and pages of Blanchard in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 ]. Catogenus concolor : Bruch 1914 : 325 (catalog; distribution; reference); Blackwelder 1945 : 423 (catalog; distribution). Catogenus castaneus : Bruch 1914 : 325 (catalog; distribution); Blackwelder 1945 : 423 (catalog; distribution); Ślipiński 1989 : 98 – 101 (synonymy; distribution; figs. 21–25); Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003 : 823 (references; distribution; figs. 289–293). FIGURE 1. Geographic distributions of Passandridae from Argentina and Paraguay: Catogenus castaneus , circles; Catogenus gracilicornis , triangles. Literature records: MEXICO : Oaxaca; Veracruz ( Ślipiński 1989 ; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003 ); GUATEMALA ; HONDURAS ; BELIZE ; NICARAGUA ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003 ); COSTA RICA : Guanacaste; Puntarenas ( Ivie & Ślipiński 2005 ); PANAMA ; TRINIDAD ; COLOMBIA ; VENEZUELA ; BOLIVIA ( Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003 ); BRAZIL ( Blackwelder 1945 ; Burckhardt & Ślipiński 2003 ); ARGENTINA ( Blackwelder 1945 ); Tucumán ( Bruch 1914 ); Chaco: Capitán Solari, I-1990 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], inside a larval tunnel of Lochmaeocles sladeni (Gahan) [Col.: Cerambycidae ] ( Di Iorio 1993b ); Santa Cruz: “Sta Cruz” [register note], “6726, 84 / 1727 / Passandra concolor Blanchard / Amerique meridionale M. D’ Orbigny”, 1 ex. Lectotype [MNHN] ( Ślipiński 1989 ), = Patagonia, type locality P. concolor (Blanchard [1843]; Bruch 1914 ; Blackwelder 1945 ). Material examined: PARAGUAY : Canindeyú : Reserva Mbaracayú , Jejuí-mí , 20-XII-2003 , Di Iorio leg., 78 exx. [ DIOC ], emerged 27-I-04 (2), 3-II-04 (3), 9-II-04 (4), 10-II-04 (2), 12-II-04 (6), 15-II-04 (2), 17-II-04 (4), 18-II- 04 (4), 22-II-04 (1), 23-II-04 (6), 29-II-04 (2), 1-III-04 (14), 3-III-04 (3), 4-III-04 (3), 6-III-04 (2), 7-III-04 (3), 12-III- 04 (1), 16-III-04 (1), 22-III-04 (1), 26-III-04 (1), 30-III-04 (1), 1-IV-04 (1), 2-IV-04 (2), 3-IV-04 (1), 7-IV-04 (1), 12- IV-04 (1), 20-VI-04 (2) from an undetermined vine [lopped X-2003 ] (Appendix 1) ; ARGENTINA : Salta : 190_, C. Bruch , 4 exx. [ CBBA ]; Tucumán : XI-1899 , C. Bruch , 1 ex. [ CBBA ]; Famaillá , Weiser leg., 1 ex. [ CBBA ]; Santiago del Estero : 190_, C. Bruch, 4 exx. [CBBA], “2 1908”, 1 ex. [CBBA]; Zanjón, 18-X-1995 , Di Iorio leg., 4 exx. [DIOC], emerged from Celtis iguanaea (Appendix 1); Chaco : [Puerto] Vilelas, Konstantinoff leg., 1 ex. [CBBA]; J.J. Castelli, 31-III-1978 , Williner leg., 1 ex. [DIOC]; Tres Estacas, 18-X-1991 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 24- XII-91 from Ziziphus mistol [dry branch]; San Bernardo, I-1980 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], mercury light trap, 26– 31-VII-1990 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged XII-90 from Prosopis alba [lopped branch by Oncideres germari ], 8-III-1991 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged between 1–14-IV-92 from Prosopis alba [branch girdled by Oncideres germari ] (Appendix 1); Capitán Solari, 31-I-1990 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], in Enterolobium contortisiliquum [dry bole] (Appendix 1); Charata, I-1991 , González leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Prosopis alba [dry branch]; Charata, 28-III-1991 , González leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], inside larval tunnel of Retrachydes sulcatus in Acacia praecox [dry branch] (Appendix 1); Charata, 5-I-1992 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 20-XII-92 from Acacia praecox [branch girdled by Oncideres germari ] (Appendix 1); Charata, 14-I-1992 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged V?-1992 from Caesalpinia paraguariensis [dry branch] (Appendix 1); Charata, 6-I-1993 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], under bark of Ziziphus mistol [dead standing tree]; Charata, 30-I-1994 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Acacia praecox [plant lopped 20-II-93 ] (Appendix 1); Corrientes : Río Paraná, Isla Noguera, 30-VIII-1990 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Paullinia elegans [dry vine] (Appendix 1), 4–5-IX-1991 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 4-XI-91 from Celtis sp. [dry branch]; La Rioja : Anillaco, 2-VIII-1998 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 25-X-98 from Celtis tala [lopped branches] (Appendix 1); Anillaco, 19-XII-1998 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], mercury light trap; Los Molinos, 28-IX-2001 , Di Iorio leg., 2 exx.[DIOC], emerged 24-I-02 (1), 14-II-02 (1) from Celtis tala [tronco talado branches lopped before 2000–2001 summer] (Appendix 1), 1-X-2001 , 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged 2-X-2001 from Celtis tala [lopped branches XI-2000 ] (Appendix 1); Los Molinos, 14-I-2002 , Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. [DIOC], emerged 27-II-02 (1), 3-III-02 (1) from Acacia visco [bole of a tree felled XII-2000 ] (Appendix 1); Córdoba : San Javier, 6-II-1940 , Bridarolli leg., 1 ex. [DIOC]; Buenos Aires : 16 km N Navarro, 10-V-1997 , Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. [DIOC], emerged from Eucalyptus viminalis [broken branch by stormwinds] (Appendix 1). Note. Ślipiński (1989) pointed out that the type locality of C. castaneus , "Patagonia" indicated by Blanchard [1847] may be erroneous and that "Sta Cruz" may be the city of Bolivia , where Alcide D'Orbigny collected insects. The southern limit of C. castaneus in Argentina seems to be the north of the province of Buenos Aires .