Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Foothills-Andean Forest strip of Villavicencio, Colombia Author Cárdenas-Bautista, Johann Stephens Author Parada-Alfonso, Jenny Andrea Author Carvajal‑Cogollo, Juan E. text Check List 2020 2020-07-03 16 4 821 839 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.4.821 journal article 10.15560/16.4.821 1809-127X Ontherus kirschii Harold, 1867 Materials examined. COLOMBIA • 1, 11.88 mm (mean); Meta , Villavicencio , Vereda Buenavista , “El Triunfo” Farm ; 04°08ʹ44.51″N , 073°41ʹ11.35″W ; 1179 m a.s.l. ; 22 Dec. 2018 ; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; open pasture; Bvplt8; UPTC-In-00065 . • 1♀ , 11.88 mm (mean); Meta , Villavicencio , Vereda Buenavista , “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08ʹ49.33″N , 073°41ʹ05.32″W ; 1174 m a.s.l. ; 22 Dec. 2018 ; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; riparian forest; Bvbrt 3; UPTC-In-00066 . Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Ontherus species by the head with the anterior edge slightly arched upwards and medially bisinuate; strongly roughened clypeus in males and females, clypeofrontal suture carinate with small conical processes towards the medial edges; uncrenulated elytra striae on the disc; middle lobe of the metaventrite usually with a few conspicuous long setae ( Génier 1996 ). Distribution. In Colombia it has been recorded in the departments of Boyacá , Cundinamarca , Meta , Norte de Santander , Putumayo and Valle del Cauca ( Génier 1996 ). Records of specimen’s collection in the country have been from 500 to 2500 m a.s.l. ( Génier 1996 ; Medina et al. 2001 ), and in the Colombian Orinoco it is restricted to elevations between 1450 and 1750 m a.s.l. ( Medina and Pulido 2009 ). In the study area, between 950–1100 m a.s.l., four individuals were found: two in riparian forest and two in open grassland areas. Due to its scarcity it was considered a rare species. Scatimus Erichson, 1847