Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
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Chamorro, William
Author
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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Onthophagus
(Onthophagus) osculatii
Guerin-Meneville
, 1855
Plate 43A
Onthophagus osculatii
Guerin-Meneville
, 1855: 589 (original description. Without type locality).
Onthophagus osculatii
:
Gemminger and Harold 1869
: 1034 (catalog, cited as
Onthophagus Osculatii
Guer
);
Harold 1880a
: 30 (distribution, cited for Nueva Granada [= Colombia]);
Gillet 1911a
: 207 (catalog, cited as
Onthophagus Osculatii
Guer
);
Boucomont and Gillet 1927
: 207 (catalog of species, cited as
Onthophagus Osculatii
Guer
);
Boucomont 1932
: 305 (characters in key), 329 (distribution, cited for Ecuador);
Blackwelder 1944
: 212 (list of species from Latin America);
Vulcano and Pereira 1967
: 564 (characters in key);
Zunino and Halffter 1997
: 161 (list of species);
Medina et al. 2001
: 140 (cited for Colombia);
Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006
: 17 (cited for Bolivia);
Pulido-Herrera and Zunino 2007
: 112 (catalog of species);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 322-323 (cited for Ecuador);
Krajcik 2012
: 183 (complete list of species);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 195 (cited for Peru);
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 546 (figures: 1a-b, 1g-h, 1k-m, 5a), 551-553 (characters in key), 554 (redescription), 555 (distribution);
Rossini et al. 2018b
: 10 (list of species from
osculatii
complex).
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) osculatii
:
Vaz-de-Mello 2000
: 194 (cited for Brazil);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 97 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Onthophagus osculatii
Guerin-Meneville
, 1855. The neotype (♂) is deposited at the IRSN (see
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 557). Locality: Brasil. Amazonas. BR 319 km 350, not examined.
Distribution.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Surinam.
Literature records.
NAPO: 20 km S de Tena (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559); Jatun Sacha Biological Station., 450 m (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559); same locality, 21 km E Puerto Napo, 400 m (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559). NAPO (= ORELLANA):
Yasuni
., 250 m (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559). ORELLANA:
Estacion
Cientifica
Yasuni
, 215 m (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559); Tiputini (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 560). PASTAZA: Villano (
Rossini et al. 2018a
: 559). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality (
Boucomont 1932
: 305).
Temporal data.
Collected in February, April, July, August, and September.
Remarks.
Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 215-450 m a.s.l. According to
Rossini et al. (2018a)
, this species has been collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.