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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Scybalocanthon kaestneri (Balthasar, 1939)
Plate 49D
Canthon
kaestneri
Balthasar, 1939d: 227 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).
Canthon
kaestneri
:
Blackwelder 1944
: 199 (list of species of Latin America);
Pereira and
Martinez
1956a
: 114 (comment);
Vulcano and Pereira 1964
: 616 (cited for Ecuador);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador);
Krajcik 2012
: 63 (complete list of species).
Scybalocanthon kastneri
:
Halffter and
Martinez
1977
: 68 (cited as
S. kastneri
(Balthasar), list of species);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador);
Bezdek and Hajek 2011
: 363 (catalog of types NMPC);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 87 (figure 10B), 98 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Canthon
kaestneri
Balthasar, 1939. Two syntypes examined deposited at the NMPC. Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.
Syntype (♀): "Ecuador [hw]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "kästneri m. [hw, green label, black margin]", "Scybalocanthon / kaestneri (Balth.) / Det. B.D.
Gill'
96 [p, blak margin]".
Syntype (♀): "Mera / Ecuador [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]".
Distribution.
Only known from Ecuador.
Records examined.
MORONA SANTIAGO: 1 specimen, Bosque Domoso, 1650 m (CEMT); Comunidad
Angel
Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del
Kutuku
(3 specimens MECN; 26 specimens MQCAZ); Comunidad Unsuants, 900-1100 m, Cordillera del
Kutuku
(4 specimens MECN; 12 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Puerto Napo, 480 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector
Oglan
Alto, 810 m (1 specimen CEMT; 1 specimen MUTPL); Mera (1 specimen NMPC); Mera,
Estacion
Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (9 specimens CEMT). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality (1 specimen NMPC).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, February, May, June, August, October, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 810-1300 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.