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 Malagoniella (Megatophomima) cupreicollis (Waterhouse, 1890) Plate 34A Megatopha cupreicollis Waterhouse, 1890b: 412 (original description. Type locality: Peru). Megatopha cupreicollis : Gillet 1911a : 27 (complete list of species); Balthasar 1941 : 341 (cited for Peru); Blackwelder 1944 : 198 (list of species for Latin America); Martinez 1950 : 266 (distribution); Balthasar 1951 : 326 (cited for Peru). Megatophomina cupreicollis : Martinez 1961 : 85 (cited as new combination, distribution); Vulcano and Pereira 1964 : 579 (catalog of species, distribution). Malagoniella (Megatophomima) cupreicollis : Halffter and Martinez 1966 : 137 (distribution); Krajcik 2012 : 156 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2014 a: 740 (cited for Ecuador, figure 1); Chamorro et al. 2018 : 78 (figures 1D and 1G), 96 (cited for Ecuador). Malagoniella cupreicollis : Ratcliffe et al. 2015 : 196 (cited for Peru). Type specimens. Megatopha cupreicollis Waterhouse, 1890. The holotype is deposited at the NHML. Locality: Peru, examined. Holotype (sex unknown): "Peruvia [hw]", "877 [p]", "67.45 [p]", "Type [p, red margin]", "Cupricollis / Reich / Peruvia. [hw]", "Megatopha / cupreicollis, / (Type) Waterh. [hw]". Distribution. Ecuador and Peru. Records examined. LOJA: Amaluza, Angascola, 2741 m (2 specimens CEMT; 8 specimens MUTPL); Catamayo, Alamala, 1380 (4 specimens CEMT; 7 specimens MUTPL); Catamayo, Trapichillo, 1424 m (11 specimens MUTPL). Temporal data. Collected in February and December. Remarks. Inhabits the matorral dry montane forests of the Andean region from 1200-1700 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with pig feces.