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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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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Cryptocanthon otonga Cook, 2002
Plate 18B
Cryptocanthon
otonga
Cook, 2002: 77 (original description. Type locality: Cotopaxi, Otonga, 2000 m).
Cryptocanthon otonga
:
Donoso et al. 2009
: Appendix II. 16 (catalog of types of the MQCAZ);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador);
Krajcik 2012
: 82 (complete list of species);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 93 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Cryptocanthon otonga
Cook, 2002. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MQCAZ. Locality: Otonga, 2000 m, examined.
Holotype (♂): "COTOPAXIECUADOR / OTONGA 2000m /
0°25'S
,
79°0'W
/ 24MAR 1999
TEnriquez
[p]", "Ex: Primary forest / Pitfall Trap / Human dung [p]", "HOLOTYPE / Cryptocanthon / otonga / Cook [p, red label]".
Distribution.
Only known from Ecuador.
Records examined.
COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga, 2000 m (9 specimens CEMT); Bosque Integral Otonga 2000 m (2 specimens MQCAZ).
Literature records.
COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga (
Cook 2002
: 77;
Donoso et al. 2009
: Appendix II. 16).
Temporal data.
Collected in February, March, April, and August.
Remarks.
Inhabits the montane cloud forests of the Andean region at 2000 m a.s.l. According to
Cook (2002)
, this species was collected with pitfall traps baited with human excrements and NTP80 traps (necrotrap).