Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
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Chamorro, William
Author
Marin-Armijos, Diego
Author
senjo, Angelico
Author
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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Canthidium (Neocanthidium) coerulescens Balthasar, 1939
Plates 10B, 55D
Canthidium coerulescens
Balthasar, 1939c: 117 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Ostcordillieren, Teremotillo, Jivaria, Santa
Inez
[= Santa
Ines
]).
Canthidium coerulescens
:
Krajcik 2012
: 62 (complete list of species);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 196 (cited for Peru).
Canthidium (Canthidium) coerulescens
:
Martinez
and Halffter 1986
: 26 (transferred to the subgenus
Canthidium (Canthidium)
s. str., cited for Ecuador);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador);
Bezdek and Hajek 2012
: 300 (catalog of types NMPC).
Canthidium (Neocanthidium) coerulescens
:
Vulcano and Pereira 1967
: 592 (characters in key. Transferred to the genus
Neocanthidium
Martinez
, Halffter & Pereira, 1964); Cupello, 2018: 468 (distribution, cited for Ecuador);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 89 (figure 12C), 92 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Canthidium coerulescens
Balthasar, 1939. The lectotype (♂) (here designated) and one paralectotype are deposited at the NMPC (ex coll. V Balthasar). Locality: Jivaria, examined.
Lectotype (here designated) (♂): "O. Ecuador / Jivaria / 17 12. 05 F. Ohs.S. [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "LECTOTYPE ♂ /
Canthidium
/
coerulescens
/ Balth. / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014 [hw and p, red label, black margin]".
Paralectotype (♂): "O. Ecuador / Jivaria / 17 12. 05 F. Ohs.S. [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "PARALECTOTYPE /
Canthidium
♂ /
coerulescens
Balth / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2013 [hw and p, yellow label, black margin]".
Distribution.
Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Records examined.
SUCUMBIOS
:
Rio
Azuela Reventador, 1720 m (1 specimen CEMT); La
Sofia
, 1800 m (2 specimens MUTPL). TUNGURAHUA:
Banos
El Topo, 1590 m (6 specimens CEMT; 8 specimens MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Chito
Rio
San Francisco, 1800 m (2 specimens MUTPL); RVS El Zarza
consecion
El Zarza, campamento las
Penas
, Cordillera del
Condor
, 1710 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador
Jardin
Botanico
, 925 m (1 specimen CEMT); Tundayme campamento Mirador Escombrera Norte, 1225 m (2 specimens).
Literature records.
UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Teremotillo (
Balthasar 1939c
: 118); Jivaria (
Balthasar 1939c
: 118;
Bezdek and Hajek 2012
: 300); Santa
Jnez
[= Santa
Ines
] (
Balthasar 1939c
: 118;
Bezdek and Hajek 2012
: 300).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, February, May, August, September, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits lower montane forests and in the montane cloud forests of the Andean regions from 1710-1800 m a.s.l. It was also registered in the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests in the Amazon region from 925-1700 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.
The lectotype is here designated and illustrated (♂ deposited at the NMPC, Plate 56B) and belongs to the locality Ecuador, Jivaria [= eastern slopes of the Andes mountains].