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 Scybalocanthon maculatus (Schmidt, 1920) Plate 50A Canthon maculatus Schmidt, 1920: 127 (original description. Type locality: Sante Jnez [= Santa Ines ], Ecuador). Canthon maculatus : Schmidt 1922 : 77 (distribution); Balthasar 1939d : 193 (characters in key); Carvajal et al. 2011 : 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012 : 64 (complete list of species). Canthon maculatum : Blackwelder 1944 : 200 (list of species from Latin America). Scybalocanthon maculatus : Pereira and Martinez 1956a : 115 (characters in key), 119 (cited as n. comb.); Vulcano and Pereira 1964 : 638 (catalog of species); Vulcano and Pereira 1967 : 555 (catalog of species); Halffter and Martinez 1977 : 68 (cited as S. macultatus (Schmidt), list of species); Carvajal et al. 2011 : 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018 : 98 (cited for Ecuador); Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b : 45 (cited for Ecuador), 46 (figure 29). Type specimens. Canthon maculatus Schmidt, 1920. Thirteen syntypes examined deposited at the NMHU, ZMHB, and SMTD (see Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b : 45-47). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group. Syntype (♂): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "maculatus / Type m. [hw]", "Typ. [p]", "9846 / E92 + [p, red label]". Syntype (♂): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "9843 / E92 + [p, red label]", "Scybalocanhton / maculatus (Schm) / P. Pereira det. 60 [p and hw, black margin]". Syntype (♂): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "9842 / E92 + [p, red label]", "Scybalocanhton / maculatus (Schm) / P. Pereira det. 60 [p and hw, black margin]". Syntype (♀): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "9842 / E92 + [p, red label]". Syntype (♀): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "9844 / E92 + [p, red label]", "26 / 56 [p and hw, pink label]". Syntype (♂): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "[one face, p] 106947 [oposite face, hw] 106947". Syntype (♂): "Ecuador / Baron [p]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]". Syntype (♂): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]". Syntype (♀): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "106947 [hw]", "Canthon / maculatus / n. sp. a. Schmidt [hw]". Syntype (♂): "Ecuador / 5255 [hw, green label]", "Canthon / maculatus / n. sp. a. Schmidt [hw]". Syntype (♀): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]". Syntype (♀): "Ecuador / Baron [p]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]". Syntype (♀): "Santa Jnez / (Ecuad.) / R.Haensch S. [p, black margin]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]", "Canthon / maculatus / n. sp. a. Schmidt [hw]", "Typus [p, red label]". Distribution. Only known from Ecuador. Records examined. NAPO: Cosanga Rio Cosanga, 2000 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); El Salado, Rio Malo, 1315 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Los Guacamayos Piviyacu, 1800 m (1 specimen CEMT); Pacto Sumaco, 1620 m (4 specimens MUTPL); Rio Hollin , 1100 m (3 specimens CEMT); Rio Jondachi, La Merced de Jondachi, 1175 m (3 specimens CEMT); San Rafael (1 specimen MQCAZ); road Hollin-Loreto km 7 (1 specimen MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Mera, Estacion Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (2 specimens CEMT). TUNGURAHUA: 4.3 km E de Rio Negro, 1200 m (2 specimens CEMT); Banos El Topo, 1590 m (20 specimens CEMT). SUCUMBIOS : El Reventador (1 specimen MQCAZ); Gonzalo Pizarro, Simon Bolivar, 1200 m (4 specimens MECN); Lumbaqui (1 specimen MQCAZ). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Santa Ines (5 specimens NMRS; 3 specimens SMTD; 2 specimens ZMHB); without specific locality (3 specimens SMTD). Literature records. UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Santa Inez ( Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b : 45-46); without specific locality ( Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b : 47). Temporal data. Collected in January, May, April, June, August, and December. Remarks. Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests across the Amazonian range from 1000-1800 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.