Taphropiestes plaumanni Slipinski & Tomaszewska 2010
Creators: name: Iorio, Osvaldo Di
name: Turienzo, Paola
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cavognathidae
Taphropiestes
Taphropiestes plaumanni

description: Taphropiestes plaumanni Ślipiński & Tomaszewska, 2010
Figs. 2–4 (morphological details), 5–6 (distribution)
Cavognatha sp.: Turienzo & Di Iorio 2008, 2010 (distribution; natural history)
“ Coleoptera [undetermined larvae]”: Di Iorio et al. 2008 (distribution; natural history)
Taphropiestes sp.: Turienzo & Di Iorio 2011 (distribution; natural history)
Taphropiestes plaumanni: Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014 a (distribution; natural history); Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014b (discussion)
Diagnosis. Dorsal surface of head with two deep, oval pits connected by arcuate groove (Figs. 2, 4); genal projections obsolete; antenna long, with antennomeres III and XI elongate, club longer and rather loose (Fig. 3); male fore tarsi distinctly expanded.
Literature records. VENEZUELA: Aragua: Rancho Grande, 26-II-1987, 10° 21’ N, 67° 41’ W, C. Bordon leg., 1 Paratype [UMMV], interception trap (Ślipiński & Tomaszewska 2010). BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia, F. Plaumann leg., 3-8- XI-1935, 1 male Holotype [FMNH], 1 Paratype [FMNH], 2 Paratypes [RALC], X- 1934, 1 Paratype [ANIC], 3-VII-1937, 1 Paratype [FMNH], X-1977, 1 Paratype [CAS], XI-1934, 1 Paratype [FMNH], X-1972, 1 Paratype [MIZW], XI-1973, 1 Paratype [ANIC] (Ślipiński & Tomaszewska 2010). ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: La Plata, CNHM 1955, Karl Brancsik col., ex Eduard Knirsch, 1 ex. Paratype [FMNH]; Tigre, I-1981, M.J. Viana leg., 1 ex. Paratype [ANIC] (Ślipiński & Tomaszewska 2010); La Pampa: locality not stated, 2012-2013, in nest boxes occupied by Troglodytes aedon [Aves: Troglodytidae] (Cuaranta et al. 2013); Establecimiento “Primucci”, 36º42'53.676” S, 64º32'14.748” W, in nest boxes occupied by Leptasthenura platensis Reichenbach, 1853 [Aves: Furnariidae] (Rebollo et al. 2013).
Material examined and references. ARGENTINA: Córdoba (Fig. 5): Ea. El Sauce, 6 km W La Falda, 14 exx. [DIOC] (Tables 2–3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010, 2011, 2014a); Mina Clavero, 1 ex. [DIOC] (Table 3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014a); Santa Fe (Fig. 5): Monte Vera, 1 ex. [DIOC] (Table 3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2011); Arroyo Leyes, 1 ex. [DIOC] (Table 3); Entre Ríos (Fig. 5): Crespo, 17 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014a); La Pampa (Fig. 5): Santa Rosa, 1 ex. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014b); Buenos Aires (Fig. 6): Ramallo, 15 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2); Pdo. Junín, Ea. La Brava (35 km E city of Junín), 65 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014a); Carmen de Areco, 2 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2014a); Otamendi, 91 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Río Luján, F.C.G.B.M., 1 pupa, 79 exx., 2 exx. dead [DIOC] (Tables 2–3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Zelaya, Río Luján, 18 exx., 1 ex. dead [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Campo de Mayo, 31 larvae, 2 pupae, 143 exx., 6 exx. dead [DIOC] (Table 3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010, 2014a); Don Torcuato, 2 larvae, 14 exx. [DIOC] (Tables 2–3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Pereyra, 21 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Pereyra Iraola, 13 exx. [DIOC] (Tables 2–3); Cañuelas, 35 exx., 4 exx. dead [DIOC] (Tables 2–3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Chascomús, 2531 larvae, 80 pupae, 1290 exx., 2 exx. dead [DIOC] (Tables 2–4) (Di Iorio et al. 2008, 2010); Capital Federal (Fig. 6): Ciudad Universitaria, 43 exx., 1 ex. dead [DIOC] (Table 3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Capital Federal, 1 larva [DIOC] (Table 3); Costanera Sur, 142 exx. [DIOC] (Table 2) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010); Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, 25 exx. [DIOC] (Table 3) (Turienzo & Di Iorio 2010).
Note 1. One paratype from Santa Catharina: Nova Teutonia was collected “in wilted leaf Caporeira ” [sic] (Ślipiński & Tomaszewska 2010). Caporeira (Portuguese) means a place with poor herbaceous and shrubby vegetation after the forest was logged, and not a name of a plant species.
Note 2. Due to its presence in Santa Catarina (Ślipiński & Tomaszewska 2010), T. plaumanni is probably distributed also in Río Grande do Sul (Brazil), as well as in Uruguay, due to its nearness and similarity with the province of Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires.
Note 3. The larval and pupal morphology of T. plaumanni remain undescribed.
description: Published as part of Iorio, Osvaldo Di & Turienzo, Paola, 2016, The family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in Argentina and adjacent countries, pp. 90-106 in Zootaxa 4092 (1) on pages 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/266473