Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
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Chamorro, William
Author
Marin-Armijos, Diego
Author
senjo, Angelico
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Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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Ontherus
(Caelontherus) compressicornis Luederwaldt, 1931
Plate 35C
Ontherus compressicornis
Luederwaldt, 1931a: 401 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).
Ontherus compressicornis
:
Blackwelder 1944
: 206 (list of species of Latin America);
Medina et al. 2001
: 138 (cited for Colombia);
Gillett and Preziosi 2010
: 89 (distribution);
Krajcik 2012
: 174 (complete list of species).
Ontherus (Caelontherus) compressicornis
:
Genier
1996
: 51 (redescription);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 88 (figure 11B), 90 (figures 13B and 13D), 96 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Ontherus compressicornis
Luederwaldt, 1931. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MZSP (see
Genier
1996
: 52). Locality: Ecuador, not examained.
Distribution.
Ecuador and Colombia.
Records examined.
CANAR
:
Javin
, 900-1400 m (3 specimens CEMT). CARCHI: 5 km NW de Maldonado, 550 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). Bosque Integral Otonga, 1815 m (40 specimens CEMT; 9 specimens MUTPL; 27 specimens MQCAZ). IMBABURA: Sta Rosa Intag, Cotacahi, 2000 m (1 specimen CEMT). LOJA: Alamor, Guambona, 1140 m (2 specimens CEMT). PICHINCHA: Curipoglio Cerro San Cristobal, 1800 m (1 specimen MUTPL).
Literature records.
COTOPAXI: 112 km W de Latcunga, 14 km de Pilalo, 1550 m (
Genier
1996
: 52). PICHINCHA: Bellavista Cloudforest Reserve, 2300 m (
Gillett and Preziosi 2010
: 89); 3 km E de Tandapi, Cornejo Astorga (
Genier
1996
: 52); 11 km E de Tandapi, 1310 m (
Genier
1996
: 52). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS
TSACHILAS
]: 23 km E de
Alluriquin
, Chiriboga Road, 1400 m (
Genier
1996
: 52); 28 km E de
Alluriquin
, Chiriboga Road, 1580 m (
Genier
1996
: 52); 31 km NE de
Alluriquin
, Chiriboga Road, 1770 m (
Genier
1996
: 52).
Temporal data.
Collected in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits coastal evergreen foothill forests from 550-1300 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was recorded in both evergreen lower montane forests and montane cloud forests from 1550-2300 m a.s.l. According to
Genier
(1996)
and
Gillett and Preziosi (2010)
, this species has been collected using pitfall traps baited with carrion.