Species Promecosoma inflatum

First recorded from north of Mexico by Schultz (1970) who incorrectly identified it as P. flohri Jacoby, 1890: 219. (See Riley et al, (2001) for discussion.)

Promecosoma inflatum Lefèvre, 1877

Two spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Long. 5.5-6 mm

AZ / Mex. (1)

US records per Riley et al. (2001):

Copper Canyon W of Montezuma Pass, Huachuca Mts., VIII-24-1964 [1 AGJC].

Pena Blanca Lake, VII-22-1988 [1 SMCC].

July-Aug in AZ

Collected by beating on Cory's mistletoe (Phoradendron coryae, Viscaceae) growing on oak (Quercus, Fagaceae) (Riley et al. 2001)

Type locality: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Flowers, R. W. 1996. La subfamilia Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) en Amitrica Central. INBio Special Publications no. 2, 59 pp.

Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, A.J. Gilbert. 2001. New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi, 15: 1-17. (Full text)

Schultz, W.T. 1970. The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 342 pp.

Wilcox, J.A. 1975. Checklist of the beetles of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Vol. 1, pt. 7. The leaf beetles (red version). [inside title: Checklist of the Chrysomelidae of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, family no. 1041. Biological Research Institute of America. New York. 166 pp.