TABLE 1 in The rare genus Myoplatypus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae): three new species, new reports, and first records for South America

TABLE 1. The little we know about the distribution and ecology of tropical Myoplatypus species. Elevations were given in feet by Wood (1966, 1971), and are converted to meters and rounded to the nearest 50 m here. “Length” = male body length. For described species, body lengths were taken from Wood (1966, 1971; mean lengths if ranges given by Wood); for new species, total body length was used. For biprorus Blandford, information in Wood (1971) for the junior synonym querceus Wood was used. “Nr. collections (nr indiv.)” = Number of collections (number of individuals per collection, separated by commas). The 16 collections in Table 2 are not included for brevicornis here; none of them have host data. Abbreviations: CR = Costa Rica.; coll. = collections.
SpeciesDistributionLengthElevationsHostsNr collections (nr indiv.)Sexes knownMyoplatypus biprorusMexico, Guatemala, CR3.3 mm1300–1900 mQuercus (several coll.; Fagaceae)4 (6, 5, 5, 2)male, femaleMyoplatypus brevicornisCR, Panama5.1 mm2400–3000 mBrunnellia (2 coll.; Brunelliaceae)2 (23, 1) plus Table 2male, femaleMyoplatypus connexusCR4.0 mm2100 mQuercus (Fagaceae)1 (2)MaleMyoplatypus nicaraguensisNicaragua3.0 mm1253 mQuercus (Fagaceae)2 (2,1)maleMyoplatypus petroviPeru2.9 mm150 mnone recorded1 (1)maleMyoplatypus prenexusCR3.5 mm1700–2300 mnone recorded3 (23, 1, 7)male, femaleMyoplatypus quadricornisHonduras3.7 mm1100 mnone recorded1 (1)maleMyoplatypus senexusCR4.7 mm1700 mnone recorded1 (10)maleMyoplatypus sicariusVenezuela, Peru, Ecuador2.0 mm150–1300 mPouteria (2 coll.; Sapotaceae)5 (11, 4, 2, 1, 1)male, female