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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Canthidium (Canthidium) onitoides (Perty, 1830)
Plate 8D
Onthophagus onitoides
Perty, 1830: 41 (original description. Type locality: Brazilia australi, Prov. S Pauli.).
Canthidium onitoides
:
Harold 1867a
: 31 (redescription under the new combination as
C. onitoides
);
Harold 1867b
: 79 (redescription);
Gemminger and Harold 1869
: 1006 (complete list of species);
Gillet 1911a
: 56 (complete list of species);
Blackwelder 1944
: 205 (list of species of Latin America);
Vulcano and Pereira 1967
: 594 (characters in key);
Vaz-de-Mello 2000
: 191 (cited for Brazil);
Medina et al. 2001
: 138 (cited for Colombia);
Krajcik 2012
: 62 (complete list of species).
Canthidium (Eucanthidium) onitoides
:
Martinez
and Halffter 1986
: 33 (cited for Brazil: Amazonas).
Canthidium (Canthidium) onitoides
:
Cupello 2018
: 462 (transferred to the subgenus
Canthidium (Canthidium)
Erichson, 1847);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 88 (figure 11E), 89 (figure 12 D), 92 (cited for Ecuador).
Choeridium trituberculatum
Lucas, 1857: 102 (original description);
Harold 1867b
: 79 (cited as synonym of
Canthidium onitoides
Perty, 1830);
Gemminger and Harold 1869
: 1006 (cited as
trituberculatum
Luc);
Gillet 1911a
: 56 (cited as
trituberculatum
Luc);
Blackwelder 1944
: 205 (cited as
trituberculatum
Luc); Cupello, 2018: 462 (cited for Peru).
Type specimens.
Onthophagus onitoides
Perty, 1830. One syntype examined deposited at the ZSM. Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.
Choeridium trituberculatum
Lucas, 1857. The holotype is deposited at the MNHN. Locality: Perou Rio Ucayali, examined.
Holotype (sex unknown): "10 / 47 [hw]", "Perou / Rio. / Ucayali / de Castelnau / 10-1847 [hw]", "Choeridium / trituberculatum / Luc. [hw]", "HOLOTYPE [p, red label, black margin]".
Distribution.
Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Records examined.
ORELLANA: Ines Arango road
Tiwino-rio
Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Parque Nacional
Yasuni
, 215 m (1 specimen MUTPL); road to Maxus km 90 Zaparo, Parque Nacional
Yasuni
, 245 m (1 specimen MUTPL). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector
Oglan
Alto, 950 m (3 specimens MUTPL).
SUCUMBIOS
: Pacayacu Campo Libertador Tapi, 265 m (1 specimen MUTPL).
Literature records.
PASTAZA: Sarayacu (
Gemminger and Harold 1869
:1006).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, April, July, October, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and the foothill evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 215-950 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces and canopy fogging methods.