Ateuchus aeneomicans (Harold, 1868)

Chamorro, William, Marin-Armijos, Diego, senjo, Angelico & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records, ZooKeys 826, pp. 1-343 : 10-11

Ateuchus aeneomicans (Harold, 1868) Plate 3D

Choeridium aeneomicans Harold, 1868c: 82 (original description. Type locality: Brazil, S Paulo [= São Paulo de Olivença], Amazon).

Choeridium aeneomicans : Harold 1868a: 37 (characters in key), 66 (redescription); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1006 (list, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 52 (list, distribution); Balthasar 1939a: 63 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list of species de Latin America).

Ateuchus aenomicans : Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 589 (characters in key); Howden and Young 1981: 68 (characters in key), 69 (redescription); Kohlmann 1997: 178 (characters in key), 179 (redescription); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001: 137 (cited for Colombia); Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (cited for Panama); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 4 (cited for Costa Rica); Krajcik 2012: 49 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Choeridium aeneomicans Harold, 1868. Three syntypes examined deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. E Harold, ex coll. R Oberthür and ex coll. HW Bates). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Distribution.

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Bloque 31 Timara, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: Villano (1 specimen CEMT).

Temporal data.

Collected in July and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.