Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
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Chamorro, William
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Marin-Armijos, Diego
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senjo, Angelico
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Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z.
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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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.