Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records Author Chamorro, William Author Marin-Armijos, Diego Author senjo, Angelico Author Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. text ZooKeys 2019 826 1 343 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488 1313-2970-826-1 B1550A3AE54744509A44BC4366D5E110 Gromphas aeruginosa (Perty, 1830) Plate 33A Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830: 39 (original description. Type locality: Habitat in mediterraneis Prov. S. Pauli et Minarum [= South America]). Onitis aeruginosus : Scherer 1983 : 298 (designation of lectotype); Cupello 2013 : 15-17 (comments on the homonymy of Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830). Gromphas (onitis) aeruginosa : Harold 1859 : 199 (transferred to the genus Gromphas Brulle , 1837). Gromphas aeruginosa : Gemminger and Harold 1869 : 1016 (catalog, distribution); Harold 1869d: 62 (comment); Heyne and Taschenberg 1908 : 64 (redescription, distribution); Gillet 1911a : 80 (catalog, distribution); d' Olsoufieff 1924 : 20 (characters in key), 58 (redescription, distribution); Blackwelder 1944 : 208 (list of species from Latin America); Barattini and Saenz 1961 : 23 (redescription); 1964: 177 (redescription); Vulcano and Pereira 1967 : 566 (characters in key); Vaz-de-Mello 2000 : 193 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001 : 138 (cited for Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006 : 17 (cited for Bolivia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009 : 61 (distribution of records from Bolivia); Krajcik 2012 : 117 (complete list of species); Figueroa et al. 2012 : 3 (redescription); Cupello 2013 : 15 (comment); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b : 447 (characters in key); 448 (redescription); Figueroa et al. 2014 : 137 (distribution of records from Peru); Ratcliffe et al. 2015 : 197 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018 : 82 (figure 5F), 83 (figure 6A), 96 (cited for Ecuador). Gromphas lacordairei Blanchard, 1846: 181 (original description); Harold 1859 : 199 (synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, comment); Gemminger and Harold 1869 : 1016 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, cited as Gromphas Lacordairei Dej.); Harold 1869d: 62 (comment); Gillet 1911a : 80 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, cited as Gromphas Lacordairei ); Burmeister 1874b: 130 (redescription); d' Olsoufieff 1924 : 138 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, 1830); Blackwelder 1944 : 208 (cited as synonym of Gromphas a eruginosa Perty); Barattini and Saenz 1961 : 23 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty), 1964: 177 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009 : 61 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b : 448 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Figueroa et al. 2014 : 137 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, 1830); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2015 : 11 (distribution, figure 5). Type specimens. Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830. The lectotype is deposited at the ZSM (see Scherer 1983 : 298). Locality: Brasilien [= Brazil], examined. Lectotype (sex unknown): "Brasilien [p]", "3 - 8. / Typi. [p]", "Type von / gromphas / aeruginosus / Perty. [p and hw, red label]", "alte / sammlung [p]", "HOLOTYPUS / Onitis Perty / aeruginosus / det. Dr. G. Scherer 1981 [p and hw, red margin]", "Gromphas / aeruginosus / (Perty) / det. G. Scherer 1981 [p and hw]". Gromphas lacordairei Blanchard, 1846. Type material not examined. Syntypes possibly deposited at the MNHN (see Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b : 448) not examined. Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Records examined. ORELLANA: Estacion Chiruisla, 215 m (1 specimen MQCAZ). Literature records. NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Rio Coca ( Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b : 452). Temporal data. Collected in October and September. Remarks. Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 215 m a.s.l. Collected manually at night.