SCOLYTOIDEA (COLEOPTERA) 5: NOTES ON 
NEOTROPICAL PLATYPODIDAE, MAINLY FROM 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
By Hans Reichardt* 
The present paper, fifth in a series of contributions towards the 
knowledge of Neotropical Platypodidae (see Reichardt, 1964b, for 
previous papers), deals mainly with the Platypodidae I was able to 
study in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
In this collection I recognized a new species from British Honduras, 
along with interesting new distributional records of some previously 
known species. The new data are summarized in a map (fig. 9), 
together with the records available in the literature. The result is 
a fairly good summary of the distribution of the genus T esserocerus 
in Central America. It is discussed below, under that genus. Platypus 
pini Hopkins, previously known only from the type, is redescribed, 
figured, and assigned to another species group within the genus. 
One specimen of Tesserocranulus nevermanni Schedl, interesting 
not only for the rareness of material of this genus but also for the 
locality, was kindly loaned for study by its collector, Dr. A. Prosen, 
Argentina, to whom I am greatly indebted. To Dr. O. L. Cart- 
wright, United States National Museum, I am grateful for having 
made the type of Platypus pini available for study. Finally I am 
also indebted to Prof. P. J. Darlington, Jr., after whom I name the 
new species described below, for his assistance during my studies at 
Harvard University. 
Genus Platypus Herbst, 1793- 
“caudati” group. 
Platypus pini Hopkins, 1905. 
(figs. 1-2). 
Platypus pini Hopkins, 1905, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 7:71. Holotype, $, 
Chaleo, Mexico, United States National Museum; examined. 
Male: head with flat front, with big, areolate punctures; vertex 
with scattered normal punctures; covered with some long hairs. 
Antennae normal for the group. Prothorax with big, sparse punctures 
over its surface; median sulcus well marked in the posterior third; 
femoral grooves normally developed. Elytra punctate-striate, with 
all striae formed by a single row of punctures; base forming a sharp 
*Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultural Sao Paulo, Brazil; 
presently at Harvard University. Manuscript received by the editor January 
22, 1965 
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