taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C28D73DF26FFA72BD3FE450406FB40.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Bostrichus flavicornis Fabricius. Original designation.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA72BD3FE450406FB40.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This genus belongs in the tribe Platypodini (Wood 1993; Alonzo-Zarazaga & Lyal 2009). It is distinguished from all other American genera by the presence in males of a transverse pair of prominent spines on ventrite 3. It is also distinguished from most species in other Platypodini genera by its slender body shape, where both sexes are more than 3 × as long as wide (four species are> 4 × as long as wide). The genera most similar in size and general appearance to Myoplatypus are Epiplatypus Wood, Teloplatypus Wood. and Costaroplatus Wood. These three genera do not have greatly produced ventrolateral projections from the corners of the declivity as do many species in other Neotropical genera, and their males have a very short, vertical declivity that, too, is rarely seen in species of other genera. Males of Epiplatypus, Teloplatypus and Costaroplatus do not have spines on ventrite 3, and males of the latter two are not as elongate (are <3 × as long as wide). Females of Epiplatypus (and males of some species) have a pair of mycangial pores on the pronotum, a feature that has only been found so far in one Myoplatypus, M. sicarius (tranferred to Myoplatypus in this paper). Teloplatypus females are <3 × as long as wide. Costaroplatus females have the lower frons impressed (flat in Myoplatypus) and have a distinctively triangular scape that is about as wide as long (the scape in Myoplatypus females being longer than wide). In creating this genus, Wood combined the five Neotropical Platypus species in Schedl’s “ Sektion Platypi bilobati ” (Schedl 1972) with the Nearctic species Platypus flavicornis (F.), apparently based on the ventrite 3 character and some superficial resemblances between P. flavicornis and the bilobati species. We are not sure that the ventral spines in M. flavicornis (the type species of the genus) are homologous with those of the other Myoplatypus species, and we have found other differences as well that put this relationship in doubt. Until a more detailed analysis can be carried out, we prefer to continue using Wood’s genus composition.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 3) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 4 D 7531 E 6 - D 184 - 403 B-A 949 - 84 D 1 C 59 A 3286	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype (male) “ PERU: Loreto reg [ion], left bank of the Amazon, 75 km SW from Iquitos, h ≈ 153 m, wind [ow] trap, 04 o 20.207 ’ S, 73 o 30.958 ’ W [- 4.3368, - 73.5160], 1 – 5.03.2008 A. Petrov ”. The holotype is currently in my collection (LRKC) but will be donated to the NMNH.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Identifiable as a male Myoplatypus by the transverse pair of large spines on ventrite 3 of males and elongate body with a short vertical declivity. This species can be distinguished by its small size (<2.5 mm) and the very simple declivity of the male — a feature shared only with the much smaller M. sicarius (Wood). Similar species. Only M. sicarius and the new species described below also have a female-like, simple male declivity. The male of M. petrovi is quite similar overall to that of M. sicarius but is nearly 1 mm longer. Males of M. sicarius have a pair of mycangial pores near the anterior end of the median line on the pronotum; M. petrovi has small clusters of a few tiny pores at the same location may or may not be associated with mycangia (seen with difficulty).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	description	Description of male. Total body length 2.9 mm; net body length 2.5 mm, 3.4 × as long as wide. Pronotum length 0.9 mm, 1.3 × as long as wide. Elytra length 1.6 mm, 2.1 × as long as wide. Male with clusters of a few tiny pores at anterior end of the median line on pronotum: two pores on one side, three on the other, the clusters nearly touching the median line. These tiny pores are presumably mycangial, as they are in the usual location of mycangial pores and are different in appearance from normal punctures on the pronotum. Anterior margin of the metanepisternal-metaventrite impression with three tiny spines above (upper two nearly imperceptible, lower spine more obvious), one small spine below. Spines on ventrite 3 widely spaced as is typical in Myoplatypus, but unusually long, their height being greater than the length of the ventrite. Most elytral striae and interstriae end at or slightly before the base of the declivity (interstriae 3 and 5 overhang slightly), not overhanging the vertical declivity as in M. sicarius; declivity vertical, bilaterally weakly concave, upper declivity including overhang with dense short setae. Posterolateral angle roughly a right angle, no projecting tooth or spine. Posterolateral margin anterior to angle with five or six tiny serrations on each elytron.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Peru (Loreto): known only from the holotype.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Little is known, just that it was collected at a low elevation.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF26FFA62BD3FAC60546FD3A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet honors Alexander Petrov, whose tireless collecting in Peru has yielded a treasure trove of Platypodinae (Kirkendall 2017) and Scolytinae (e. g. Petrov 2014, 2020; Petrov & Mandelshtam 2009, 2010; Smith & Cognato 2021). Alexander collected the sole specimen of this new species. Genitive noun.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 4) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: FDDB 38 F 8 - C 67 F- 46 B 4 - 8 DFB- 09 FE 2086 B 1 F 3	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male: “ NICARAGUA: Estelí: Almaciguera, 13.0245, - 86.37494; 1253 m; 14 - III- 2010, ex. Quercus sp.; THA 930; coll. T. H. Atkinson. ” One male paratype, same data. Second male paratype: El Salvador, El Boquerón, I. G. 22.899, 10. VI. 1959, Leg. J. Bechyné, one male (RBINS). The holotype and the Nicaragua paratype are in my collection (LRKC) but will be donated to NMNH. The El Salvador paratype belongs to RBINS.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Identifiable as a male Myoplatypus by the transverse pair of large spines on ventrite 3 of males and elongate body with a short vertical declivity. Small species (2.6 mm): M. biprorus is slightly larger, M. petrovi about the same size, but for both the declivity is completely different from that of M. nicaraguensis (Fig. 1). Myoplatypus prenexus (Wood) is larger, and the posterolateral projections are more pronounced and are angled downwards (compare Figs 4 B and 10 B). Similar species. Most similar in overall appearance to M. prenexus but is smaller and has a slightly different declivity.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	description	Description of male: Length of body from vertex (front of the top of head) to elytra apex at suture 3.0 – 3.4 mm, net body length 2.6 – 2.8 mm, 3.2 – 3.3 × as long as wide. Pronotum length 1.0 mm, 1.2 × as long as wide. Elytra length 1.6 – 1.9 mm, 2.0 – 2.3 × as long as wide. Pronotum without mycangial pores. Anterior margin of the metanepisternal-metaventrite impression with 3 spines above, the upper two tiny, quite close to each other and close to the upper margin, the lowest spine larger and on the lower border of the metanepisternum; 1 larger spine below on the metaventrite, equal in size and shape to the lowest spine of the metanepisternum. Spines on ventrite 3 large, mostly black, separated by about 4 × the basal width of a spine. Declivity short, flattened, nearly vertical, finely reticulate (dull), with about 2 or 3 tiny nodules on what are probably interstriae 1 and interstriae 5. Interstriae 3 extending slightly down the declivity, the extension a sharp, low black carina. Posterolateral margin anterior to angle with three teeth, margin ending in a flat, nearly triangular, black-tipped posterolateral process not extending beyond the sutural apex (viewed from above).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected from mid-elevation cloud forest in northwest Nicaragua and from a national park atop a volcano in western El Salvador.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Collected from Quercus sp. (Fagaceae).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF27FFA62BD3FCD10528F8BA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the country where the holotype was collected. Adjective.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	description	(Figs 2, 5) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 402 F 4604 - 18 F 9 - 4 A 60 - BEC 4 - C 551 D 903 D 68 C	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male: “ HONDURAS, Olancho, Parq Nac La Muralla, 14 km N La Union, 21 Mar 1995, 15 º 07 ’ N, 86 º 45 ’ W, [15.12, - 86.75, which is ca 1100 m elevation] en flight intercept trap ”. The holotype is currently in my collection (LRKC) but will be donated to the NMNH.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Identifiable as a male Myoplatypus by the transverse pair of large spines on ventrite 3 of males and elongate body with a short vertical declivity. The male of the new species is quite similar to males of M. brevicornis (a species currently recorded only from Costa Rica and Panama), and these are the only two species which have small spines on ventrite 4 in addition to the genus-defining large spines on ventrite 3. Myoplatypus quadricornis is more than 1 mm shorter; has interstriae 3 not ending in a prominent horizontal tooth; has the posterolateral angles of the elytra bending more strongly downwards than in M. brevicornis (viewed from the side) but not reaching the level of the sutural apex (viewed from above). The spines on ventrite 4 of M. quadricornis are smaller than those on ventrite 3 but clearly visible; in M. brevicornis males, the spines on ventrite 4 are quite low and not always present. Similar species. Among Myoplatypus species, only the much larger M. brevicornis has spines on ventrite 4 as well as ventrite 3.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	description	Description of male. Total body length 3.7 mm; net body length (pronotum length plus elytra length) 3.5 mm, 3.4 × as long as wide. Pronotum length 1.2 mm, 1.2 × as long as wide. Elytra length 2.2 mm, 2.2 × as long as wide. Typical Myoplatypus male in overall appearance. No mycangial pores on pronotum. Anterior margin of the metanepisternal-metaventrite impression with three tiny spines above, one slightly larger spine below. Spines on ventrite 3 large, black-tipped, separated by about 2 × the basal width of a spine. Spines on ventrite 4 black-tipped, prominent but smaller than those on ventrite 3, separated by about 4 × the basal width of a spine. Declivity finely reticulate (dull), short, strongly rounded. Interstriae 3 extending slightly onto declivity, the extension a sharp, low, black carina. Posterolateral margin anterior to angle with three teeth, margin ending in a small posterolateral tooth that does not project beyond the sutural apex. Apical margin of declivity with a small tooth near the suture on each elytron.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the locality of the Honduran holotype. Elevations in the La Muralla National Refuge range from 800 to nearly 2100 m (https: // asidehonduras. org / la-muralla /): similar to M. brevicornis, the new species has been collected from middle elevation forests.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown other than that one specimen was taken from a middle elevation tropical forest.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF20FFAC2BD3F9770247FE92.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet highlights the presence of four prominent spines on the venter, where two such spines is the norm for the genus. Adjective.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2DFFAF2BD3FE790269FD5E.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 6)	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2DFFAF2BD3FE790269FD5E.taxon	description	Taxonomy. we have examined the holotype and several paratypes of this species (NMNH). It has the pair of stout spines on ventrite 3 and the long, slender body and short vertical declivity characteristic of Myoplatypus. The paired ventral spines are in the original description of the species (Wood 1971); though he grouped it in Schedl’s bilobati, Wood neglected to transfer this species from Platypus along with the other bilobati that he put in Myoplatypus (Wood 1993). Only ca 2 mm long, it is the next smallest species in the genus. This species and M. petrovi lack the prominent extensions of the posterolateral angle that characterize most species of the genus, though the posterolateral angle is only weakly produced in M. quadricornis. New records. “ PERU, Junin, 15 km NW Satipo, Rio Venado, 1300 m, - 11.1931, - 74.7686, Window trap, 16 – 21.10.2015, A. Petrov ” (2 males, LRKC); “ PERU, Dept. Loreto, 1.5 km N Teniente Lopez, 2 º 35.66 ’ S, 76 º 06.92 ’ W, 20 July 1993, 210 – 240 m, Richard Leschen, ex: flight intercept trap ” (CNC, 1 male). “ ECUADOR, Sucumbios, Sacha Lodge, 0.5 º S, 76.5 º W, 270 m, 3 - 16 - VIII 1994, Hibbs, ex: Malaise ”, SM 0024618 (CNC, 1 male).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2DFFAF2BD3FE790269FD5E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Myoplatypus sicarius was known only from the type series, two low elevation collections from Pouteria (Sapotaceae) from Barinas, Venezuela. Peru and Ecuador are new country records and are the first range extensions of any tropical Myoplatypus species since their description. Only M. sicarius and M. petrovi have thus far been collected from South America.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2EFFAF2BD3FD3501F2F992.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 7)	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2EFFAF2BD3FD3501F2F992.taxon	description	Taxonomy. We have examined the male holotype and male and female paratypes of Platypus querceus (NMNH) and three male specimens from Mexico identified by K. E. Schedl as Platypus biprorus. we have also compared these specimens with syntypes of Platypus biprorus (NHMUK). From comparisons for both sexes, these are clearly the same species. Wood described M. querceus as new and as differing from M. biprorus in size and in small details of the male frons and of the elytral disc and declivity in both sexes, plus as differing in distribution. The small morphological differences he describes are typical of minor intraspecific variation. As with P. sicarius, Wood overlooked transferring P. querceus to Myoplatypus when he erected the genus. In the original description, he characterizes M. querceus as being very similar to M. biprorus, so M. querceus clearly should have been incorporated in the same genus as M. biprorus (consistantly spelled “ biporus ” in Wood 1971, Wood 1993 and Wood & Bright 1992).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2EFFAF2BD3FD3501F2F992.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico to Panama: the widest range of any Myoplatypus. Specimens of M. querceus were collected in Panama (one series) and Costa Rica (two series) by S. L. Wood, at elevations ranging from 1300 – 1900 m. All were taken from oaks (Quercus). Specimens of M. biprorus have been collected in Guatemala and Mexico (http: // www. barkbeetles. info / beetle _ pix _ tax _ index. php # myoplatypus). As with M. querceus, the only host recorded for M. biprorus is Quercus.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2FFFA92BD3F976055DF870.taxon	description	(Figs 2, 8) New records. This is the only tropical species that has been collected in any great numbers. There are 16 collections made by INBio parataxonomists during their survey of arthropods of Costa Rica (until recently, INBio was Costa Rica’s non-governmental biodiversity institute). These 38 specimens (30 males, 3 females, 5 sex not recorded) were identified by me in earlier years and retrieved from GBIF in October 2021. Details of these collections are available from GBIF. org (GBIF Occurrence Download https: // doi. org / 10.15468 / dl. fv 4 byj) and these records are summarized here (Table 2). INBio collections are now property of the National Museum of Costa Rica. We have seen 3 other specimens. “ COSTA RICA: Hered [ia] Prov., Volcan Barva, 2600 m, mont [ane] oak forest FIT [flight intercept trap], 11 – 27. VI. 97, S & J Peck 97 - 20 ” (1 male, LRKC). “ PANAMA, Chiriqui Prov., 2 – 3 km E Cerro Punta, 2000 – 2200 m, 23. V. 77, H. & A. Howden ” (2 males, CNC).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF2FFFA92BD3F976055DF870.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species is known only from high elevation forests of southeastern Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. INBio parataxanomists ran Malaise traps or collected by other methods throughout the country for more than two decades, but this species was only collected from a few localities and from a narrow range of elevations (2475 – 2700 m). Wood’s Costa Rica localities were at 2400 m and 3000 m (Wood 1966). The overall elevational range is from 2000 – 3000 m. The only recorded host is Brunellia (Brunelliaceae), two records by Wood (ibid).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF29FFAB2BD3FF58023DFF0F.taxon	description	(Figs 2, 9) 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).	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
03C28D73DF29FFAB2BD3FF58023DFF0F.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.1
