Mylaris gigas

Mylaris gigas (Linnaeus, 1767) (Figs. 1–4) Examined Material. COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Peninsula de Osa: Agua Buenas, Est. Boscosa (08°42’05’’N 83°30’48’’W), 21-27.VI.2001, M.A. Ivie leg., 1 M (MAIC). Limón: Sector Cocori, 100 m: 30 km N. de Cariari, III.1994, E. Rojas leg. L N 286000_567500 #2790, 1 M (MAIC). PERU: Huanunco: Leoncio Prado: Tingo Maria (670 m), Weyrauch leg., det. Kulzer, 2 M; Rio Huallaga (67 0m) VII.55, Weyrauch leg., 1 M; (700 m) I. IV.1940, Weyrauch leg., 1 M; Tulomayo, Tingo Maria (400 m), X.46, ex Coll. Weyrauch leg., 1 M (IFML). Coronel Portillo: Pucallpa (200 m) VIII.47, Weyrauch leg., 1 F, 2 M; (Valle Chanchamayo) (800 m) V.55, Weyrauch leg. 1 M. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: Cordillera Cabezas I.1947, Peredo leg., 1 M; Tarija, Ing. Bermejo II.1969, Golbach leg., 1M; El Palmar, I. 1958, Monrós leg., 1F. Chapare (Yungas) I.49, Bridarolli leg., Molinari det. 1969, 1 M (IFML). BRAZIL: Esp´ırito Santo: Linhares (Parque Sooretama) III.1953, Pedro Almeida Teles leg. 3 M, 2 F, (MNRJ). Goiás: Planaltina, 960 m (15°36’S 47°44’W) 29.I.2001 (CPAC) 1 F. Rio de Janeiro: Angra dos Reis (Ilha Grande, Vila Dois Rios - Caxadaço), 06.IX.2008, Proj. Coleoptera leg. (DZRJ) 1 M. PARAGUAY: Itapua: Hohenau, XI.1958, Foster leg., Molinari det. 1959, 1 M; Alto Paraguay XI.1951, without leg., Molinari det. 1959, 1 F (IFML). Distribution. Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (Blackwelder 1945). New country records: Paraguay and Costa Rica (Fig. 19).
Published as part of Spiessberger, Erich Lara & Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras, 2018, Notes on the Distribution and Ovipositor Morphology of Mylarisgigas (Linnaeus, 1767), Mylaris maxima (Germar, 1824), and Taphrosomadohrni Kirsch, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini), pp. 209-213 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (1) on page 210, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.209, http://zenodo.org/record/5381231
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