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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ZooKeys
2019
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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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Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) aequinoctiale (Buquet, 1844)
Plate 21D
Hyboma
aequinoctialis
Buquet, 1844: 21 (original description. Type locality: Colombie [= Colombia]).
Deltochilum aequinoctiale
:
Burmeister 1848
: 135 (redescription);
Gemminger and Harold 1869
: 995 (list, distribution);
Gillet 1911a
: 35 (complete list of species);
Balthasar 1941
: 344 (cited for Peru);
Blackwelder 1944
: 202 (list of species from Latin America);
Balthasar 1951
: 329 (cited for Peru);
Contreras 1951
: 221 (cited for Colombia, cited as
D. aequinoctiale
);
Medina et al. 2001
: 136 (cited for Colombia);
Medina et al. 2003
: 65 (distribution);
Krajcik 2012
: 88 (complete list of species);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 195 (cited for Peru).
Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) aequinoctiale
:
Paulian 1938
: 270 (characters in key), 278 (redescription);
Vulcano and Pereira 1964
: 652 (catalog of species, distribution);
Vulcano and Pereira 1967
: 557 (characters in key);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 85 (figure 8H), 86 (figure 9A), 94 (cited for Ecuador).
Deltochilum erodioides
Harold
, 1867d: 77 (original description);
Gemminger and Harold 1869
: 995 (list, distribution);
Harold 1880a
: 18 (cited for Colombia);
Kirsch 1885
: 212 (cited for Ecuador);
Gillet 1911a
: 36 (complete list of species);
Paulian 1938
: 278 (synonym of
D. (D.) aequinoctiale
Buq.);
Blackwelder 1944
: 202 (list of species of Latin America);
Contreras 1951
: 222 (cited for Colombia);
Vulcano and Pereira 1964
: 652 (cited as synonym of
Deltochilum aequinotiale
Buquet);
Carvajal et al. 2011
: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 195 (cited for Peru).
Type specimens.
Hyboma aequinotialis
Buquet, 1844. One syntype examined deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. D Sharp). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.
Deltochilum erodioides
Harold, 1867. Two syntypes examined deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. E Steinheil, ex coll. E Harold, ex coll. R Oberthur). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.
Distribution.
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Records examined.
COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga, 2080 m (78 specimens CEMT: 7 specimens MQCAZ; 4 specimens MUTPL). PICHINCHA: Chespi, Bellavista, 1380 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Yunguilla, Loma La Liberia, 2400 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Reserva
Orquideologica
El Pahuma, 1975 m (1 specimen MUTPL).
Literature records.
BOLIVAR: au dessus de Chimbo, 1900 m (
Paulian 1938
: 280). MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas (
Paulian 1938
: 280).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, February, March, April, June, July, September, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits the evergreen lower montane forests and montane cloud forests of the Andean region from 1300-2400 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces. It is possible that the records cited by
Paulian (1938)
from Macas, Morona Santiago province, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is a different species belonging to the same subgenus. A review of these species is needed.