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.
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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Sylvicanthon genieri Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018
Plate 52A
Sylvicanthon
genieri
Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018: 57 (characters in key), 72 (figure 24 distribution), 80 (original description. Type locality: Tungurahua, 6 km east from Río Negro, 1500 m), 84 (figure 27A, B).
Type specimens.
Sylvicanthon genieri
Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). Locality: Tungurahua, 6 km east from Río Negro, 1500 m, not examined.
Distribution.
Ecuador and Peru.
Literature records.
MORONA SANTIAGO: Untsuants, site 4, 1100 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); Untsuante [= Untsuants], site 7, 900 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). NAPO: km 7.3 Sarayacu-Loreto Road, 1200 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); km 11.1 Sarayacu-Loreto Road, 1200 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); km 25.4 Sarayacu-Loreto Road, 950 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). ORELLANA: Onkone Gare Camp, 220 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). PASTAZA: 09 km ESE Veracruz (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); 22 km SE Puyo, 900 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); Puyo, Llandia, 17 km N Puyo (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); Mera, 1 km E Mera, 1100 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). PASTAZA [= TUNGURAHUA]: 4.3 km Rio Negro, 1200 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). TUNGURAHUA: 3 km W Río Negro, 1200 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); 4.3 km E Río Negro, 1200 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); 6 km E Río Negro, 1500 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81); Baños El Topo, 1590 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). TUNGURAHUA [= PASTAZA]: 8 km E Rio Negro, 10 km W Pastaza (= Shell),
1400
m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Upper Río Comainas, Cordillera del
Condor
, 1150 m (
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
: 81).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, July, August, and October.
Remarks.
Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests, evergreen foothill forests, and evergreen lower montane forests across the Amazonian range from 220-1590 m a.s.l. According to
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello (2018)
, this species has been collected beneath the leaf litter and with pitfall traps baited with human feces. The locality Upper Río Comainas, Cordillera del
Condor
, 1150 m a.s.l, and their coordinates
03°54'S
,
78°25'W
(see
Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018
, page 81) are located in Peru, Amazonas.