Compsodactylus argentinus (Moser, 1919)

Fuhrmann, Juares & Smith, Andrew B. T., 2021, Compsodactylus Fuhrmann, 2012 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) distributional notes and a new species, Zootaxa 4990 (2), pp. 387-393 : 387-388

Compsodactylus argentinus (Moser, 1919)

Material examined (all from the CMNC). ARGENTINA: Salta: Departamento Capital, Villa San Lorenzo , ii.1988, 1 male ; Coronel Moldes , ii.1945, Francisco Monrós (collector), 2 males, 1 female ; La Viña , ii.1992, 2 males ; Departamento La Viña , La Viña, i.1991, M.A. Viana (collector), 1 male, 1 female ; Departamento La Viña, Ruta 68, 4 km S La Viña, i.1988, 10 males, 7 females ; Departamento La Viña , El Carmen, ii.1993, 25 males, 10 females ; Departamento La Viña , El Carmen, iii.1993, 7 males . CatamaRCa: Campo del Arenal , ii.1983, L. Peña (collector), 8 males, 5 females ; Santa Maria Village , 26º41’S, 66º02’W, 14.ii.1983, 3 males ; Chafiñan, Weiser (collector), 2 males, 1 female . miSionES: Departamento Capital, Itaembé Miní , iv.1993, M.A.F. (collector), 2 males . tuCuman, San Pedro de Colalao , i.1947, P. Arnau (collector), 2 females . CoRDoba, Departamento de Calamuchita, Cañada del Sauce (“ El Sauce ”), xii.1938, Manuel J. Viana (collector), 2 males .

Distribution ( Fig. 26 ). New provincial records were discovered as follows. Argentina: Córdoba: Departamento de Calamuchita: “El Sauce”; Argentina: Misiones: Departamento Capital: Itambé Miní. This species was previously known from Catamarca, Salta, and Tucumán in Argentina.

Note. Fuhrmann (2019) noted that the pronotum of Compsodactylus parvulus (Frey, 1970) is dark brown and sometimes the lateral angles and posterior margin have yellow maculae. This same pattern was observed in some specimens of C. argentinus .

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FIGURE 26. Compsodactylus, map of species records. Scale = 500 km.