Zonopelma australis Burckhardt, 1987

Material examined.

Chile: 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 immature, 1 skin, IX Region, Province Cautín, Parque Nacional Conguillío, sector Laguna Arcoiris, -38.6540 -71.6178, 1100 m, 30.i.1996, mixed Nothofagus / Araucaria forest, Misodendrum, linearifolium (D. Burckhardt) DB#68(3), (NHMB, dry); 3 ♂, 4 ♀, same but Province Malleco, Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta, -37.8167 -73.0167, 1300 m, 16-17.xii.1990, Nothofagus antarctica forest, Misodendrum punctulatum (D. Burckhardt & D. Agosti) DB#11(1) (MHNG, dry); 2 ♂, 10 ♀, same but road from “Administración” to Piedra del Aguila, -37.8167 -73.0167, 1200 m, 24-25.xii.1992, open Nothofagus obliqua - antarctica forest, Misodendrum punctulatum (D. Burckhardt) DB#32(3) (NHMB, dry); 2 ♂, 3 ♀, same but Parque Nacional Tolhuaca, sector Laguna Verde, -38.2142 -71.7340, 1000-1300 m, 27.i.1996, mixed Nothofagus and Nothofagus / Araucaria forest, Misodendrum punctulatum, DB#63b(6) (NHMB, dry); 1 ♀, X Region, Province Chiloé, Chepu, -42.0490 -74.0329, 19.ii.1991, Nothofagus antarctica (T. Cekalovic) (MHNG, dry); 2 ♂, same but Parque Nacional Chiloé, Rancho Grande, -42.5500 -74.0333, 400 m, 8.ii.1996, degraded open Tepualia / Fitzroya scrub on peat bog, Misodendrum punctulatum (D. Burckhardt) DB#79b(3) (MHNG, dry); 1 ♂, same but Rancho Grande, Río Cypressal, -42.5882 -74.0999, 0-150 m, 8.ii.1996, Tepualia scrub and Nothofagus forest, Misodendrum punctulatum, DB#80(2) (MHNG, dry); 30 ♂, 36 ♀, XI Region, Province Capitán Prat, 20 km S Cochrane, -47.4185 -72.7351, 3.ii.1990, Nothofagus, antarctica (L. Peña) (MHNG, dry); 14 ♂, 12 ♀, 19 immatures, 1 skins, XII Region, Province Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Aeropuerto, Parque Chabunco, -53.0000 -70.8167, 20 m, 18.i.1991, Nothofagus antarctica forest, Misodendrum sp. (D. Burckhardt) DB#47(2) (MHNG, dry); 42 ♂, 32 ♀, 21 immatures, 2 skins, same but Punta Arenas, Universidad Magallanes, Parque John Fell and Jardín Botánico, -53.1167 -70.8667, 50 m, 16-19.i.1991, park, Misodendrum punctulatum, DB#42(2) (MHNG, dry); 5 ♂, 6 ♀, same but Río Chabunco, -53.0172 -70.8306, 11.ii.1990, Nothofagus antarctica (T. Cekalovic) (MHNG, dry); 1 ♀, same but Silla del Diablo, -51.5650 -72.6200, 14.ii.1990, Nothofagus antarctica, (MHNG, dry); 29 ♂, 26 ♀, 15 immatures, same but Province Ultima Esperanza, Laguna Figueroa, S Cerro Castillo, -51.3823 -72.4360, 200 m, 11-15.i.1991, Nothofagus antarctica forest with transition to pasture, Misodendrum punctulatum (D. Burckhardt) DB#35(1) (MHNG, dry); 13 ♂, 13 ♀, 1 skins, same but Monumento Natural Cueva del Milodón, -51.5656 -72.6197, 150 m, 11.i.1991, open scrub with Nothofagus, Misodendrum sp., DB#34(4) (MHNG, dry); 14 ♂, 25 ♀, same but Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, along road between Lagunas Mellizas and Lago Toro, -51.0615 -72.9661, 0-100 m, 13.i.1991, steppe with small patches of scrub, Misodendrum linearifolium, DB#38(4) (MHNG, dry); 43 ♂, 50 ♀, 13 immatures, 3 skins, same but Cascada Rio Paine, -51.1322 -72.9655, 150 m, 14.i.1991, steppe and Nothofagus antarctica scrub, Misodendrum punctulatum, DB#40(1) (MHNG, dry); 10 ♂, 14 ♀, same but Lago Grey, along Rio Pingo, -51.1183 -73.1352, 100 m, 12.i.1991, mixed Nothofagus forest and open scrub, Misodendrum punctulatum , DB#37b(4) (MHNG, dry); 2 ♀, immatures, same but Laguna Azul, -50.8935 -72.7819, 400 m, 14.i.1991, gully with Nothofagus antarctica and Berberis buxifolia surrounded by steppe, Misodendrum spp., DB#39b(4) (MHNG, dry); 6 ♀, 33 immatures, same but Rio Rubens, -52.0167 -71.9333, 200 m, 11.i.1991, Nothofagus antarctica forest, Misodendrum punctulatum, DB#32(1) (MHNG, dry).

Distribution.

Argentina, Chile (Regions IX–XII).

Host plants.

Misodendrum linearifolium DC., M. punctulatum Banks ex DC. ( Misodendraceae).

Comment.

Zonopelma australis was described from Southern Argentina and Far Southern Chile (XII Region) but without host data (Burckhardt 1987a). Here we provide host data and add new localities from Chile (Regions X–XII). Zonopelma contains a second species ( Z. myzodendri Burckhardt) which occurs in southern Chile on Misodendrum punctulatum . A third species from Paraguay, viz. Zonopelma borealis Burckhardt, develops on mimosoid Fabaceae . Extensive material collected on Mimosa spp. in Brazil is closely related to Z. borealis but not congeneric with Z. australis, the type species of Zonopelma (Burckhardt and Queiroz, unpublished data).