Myoplatypus prenexus ( Wood, 1966 )

Kirkendall, Lawrence R. & Atkinson, Thomas H., 2023, The rare genus Myoplatypus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae): three new species, new reports, and first records for South America, Zootaxa 5351 (3), pp. 301-321 : 314-315

Myoplatypus prenexus ( Wood, 1966)

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New records. Seven males were trapped at a Costa Rican locality from February to April of 2002. These collections were part of the Project ALAS arthropod inventory, from the elevational transect on Volcán Barva (http://viceroy. eeb.uconn.edu/ALAS/ALAS.html): Heredia province, 6 km east-northeast of Vara Blanca , 1950–2050 m, 10° 11’ N, 84° 07’ W (10.183, -84.117), in montane wet forest. Five were from Malaise traps which were run from early February to late April 2002: 21 Feb.–10 Mar. (1), 22 Mar.–9 Apr. (2), 9–21 Apr. (2). Two were collected from pans placed at the bases of Malaise trap walls, hence categorized as flight intercept trap collections: 13–21 Feb. (1), 10–21 Apr. (1) .

Comments. This species has only been collected from mountainous regions of Costa Rica. Specimens in Wood’s type series were from the Cerro de la Muerte mountains at ca 1700 m and from Volcan Poas at ca 2300 m; the host plant was not identified .