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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Eurysternus
lanuginosus
Genier
, 2009
Plate 31A
Eurysternus
lanuginosus
Genier
, 2009: 70 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Pastaza, 1000 m, Llandia, 17 km N of Puyo).
Eurysternus lanuginosus
:
Camero 2010
: 149 (characters in key), 152 (diagnosis);
Krajcik 2012
: 107 (complete list of species);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 195 (cited for Peru);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 95 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Eurysternus lanuginosus
Genier
, 2009. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see
Genier
2009
: 71). Locality: Ecuador, Pastaza. 1000 m. Llandia, 17 km N de Puyo, not examined.
Distribution.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Records examined.
MORONA SANTIAGO: Nuevo Israel, Cordillera del
Kutuku
, 1290 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Untsuants, 700 m, Cordillera del
Kutuku
(2 specimens MECN). NAPO: Cotundo, 1070 m,
Rio
Osayacu sector Shamato (1 specimen MUTPL); El Capricho, km 51 ruta Tena-Ambato (1 specimen CEMT); La Merced de Jondachi, 1100 m,
Rio
Jondachi (1 specimen MUTPL). ORELLANA: Bloque 31 Parque Nacional
Yasuni
, 200 m (3 specimens MECN); Campo Palanda, LLumpac, 295 m (1 specimen CEMT); Cononaco, Bloque 16 YPF Parque Nacional
Yasuni
, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); El Dorado plataforma Guarango, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL);
Rio
Tiputini
Yasuni
Res. Stn. (1 specimen CEMT; 1 specimen MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata, 345 m (1 specimen MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Shamanal 345 m, Campo Palo Azul (1 specimen CEMT); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector
Oglan
Alto, 540-950 m (3 specimens CEMT; 1 specimen MUTPL); Chuyayacu km 25 Oleoducto, 200 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Villano Pandanuque, 420 m (1 specimen CEMT; 1 specimen MUTPL).
SUCUMBIOS
: Aucayacu
Rio
El Eno, 275 m, 16 km de Lago Agrio (1 specimen CEMT; 4 specimens MGO-UC); Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Gonzalo Pizarro
Simon
Bolivar, 1200 m (1 specimen MECN); Shushufindi Recinto La Pantera, 250 m (1 specimen CEMT); Tarapoa, Nuevo
Manabi
, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: (Zurmi Comunidad Miazi, 1380 m (1 specimen MEPN; 1 specimen MUTPL).
Literature records.
MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas (
Genier
2009
: 71); Untsuants sitio 1, 700 m (
Genier
2009
: 71). NAPO: 12 km WSW Tena, 600 m (
Genier
2009
: 71); 20 km S de Tena, 600 m (
Genier
2009
: 71); 5 km O de Tena, 500 m (
Genier
2009
: 71);
Estacion
Biologica
Jatun Sacha, 21 km E de Puerto Napo, 400 m (
Genier
2009
: 71); 11.1 km Sarayacu-Loreto road, 1200 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); km 25.4 Sarayacu-Loreto road, 950 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); km 7.3 Sarayacu-Loreto road, 1200 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Tena, 400-500 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Yampona (
Genier
2009
: 72). ORELLANA: Daimi [= Pozo petrolero Daimi] (
Genier
2009
: 72);
Estacion
Cientifica
Yasuni
PUCE, 215 m (
Genier
2009
: 72);
Estacion
de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ,
Parque
Nacional
Yasuni
, 220 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Zancudo Cocha (
Genier
2009
: 72). PASTAZA: 1 km E de Mera, 1100 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); 22 km SE Puyo, 900 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); 25 km NNE del Puyo, 1000 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); 9 km ESE de Veracruz, 900 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Amazanga, near Puyo, 1000 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Arajuno, environ, 750 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Llandia, 1000 m, 17 km N de Puyo (
Genier
2009
: 72).
SUCUMBIOS
: 2 km N de Limoncocha, 250 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Dureno
rio
Aguarico, 150 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Limoncocha, 250 m (
Genier
2009
: 72); Reserva
Biologica
Limoncocha, 250 m (
Genier
2009
: 73); Sacha Lodge, 270 m (
Genier
2009
: 72). TUNGURAHUA: 8 km E of
rio
Negro, 10 km O Pastaza [= Shell], 1400 m.
Temporal data.
Collected every month of the year.
Remarks.
Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests, evergreen foothill forests, and evergreen lower montane forests of the Amazon from 150-1500 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.