Neoptychodes trilineatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

(Fig. 75)

Cerambyx trilineatus Linnaeus, 1771: 532 .

Saperda vittata Fabricius, 1776: 231 .

Ptychodes insularis Fairmaire, 1850: 61 .

Ptychodes fairmairei Thomson, 1865: 556 .

Ptychodes abbreviatus Casey, 1893: 593 .

Remarks. Cerambyx trilineatus was described from Jamaica; Saperda vittata from “ India ”; Ptychodes insularis and Ptychodes insularis from “Taïti / “Tahiti” and Ptychodes abbreviatus from the U.S.A. (Arizona). Monné (2024b) and Tavakilian & Chevillotte (2024) reported the holotype of Cerambyx trilineatus as having an unknown depository institution. However, apparently, Linnaeus (1771) was just naming the species described by Drury (1770). Drury (1773) reported: “Triliniatus [sic], Linn. Mant. p. 532”. The specimens from Drury’s collection are now distributed in many institutions. Currently, Neoptychodes trilineatus is known from the United States of America (Arizona, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, and Texas), Mexico (Baja California, Colima, Tamaulipas, Nayarit, Guerrero, Puebla, San Luís Potosí, Mexico, Morelos, Tabasco, Yucatán, Sonora, Oaxaca, and Durango), Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico, and Greater Antilles (Monné 2024b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). Probably, the record from Tahiti is questionable. Redtenbacher (1868) reported it from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and Chenu (1870) from Brazil (no further details).

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), Loja: Macara, 700 m, 20–24 Feb 2024, J. Vlasak leg. (JVCO) .