Oxysternon ebeninum Nevinson, 1890

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Oxysternon ebeninum Nevinson, 1890

Fig. 63B

Phanaeus ebeninum Nevinson, 1890: 315 (original description). Type locality: French Guiana. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Arnaud (1982), not examined.

Oxysternon ebeninum – d’Olsoufieff 1924: 47, 115, 157 (key). — Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 153 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 87 (catalogue). — Blackwelder 1944: 2010 (list, cited for Guiana). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 568 (key, distribution). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of MNHN types). — Escobar 2000: 209 (checklist for Colombia). — Vítolo 2000: 597 (key); 2004: 287 (diagnosis, distribution). — Medina et al. 2001: 140 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 61 (distribution). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2022: 231–236 (distribution).

Oxysternon (Oxysternon) ebeninum – Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil). — Arnaud 2002b: 67 (key). — Edmonds & Zídek 2004: 10 (key, characteristics, diagnosis, distribution). — Gámez 2004: 57 (list). — Pacheco & Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2–3, 5, 7 (list, key). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 103 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Amazonas • 2 specs; Atabapo, Cano Piojo ; 130 m a.s.l.; Apr. 2006; D.G. Fagre leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Caño Piojo ; Apr. 2006; D. García leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. Possibly also in French Guiana ( Hielkema & Hielkema 2019).

Subregion of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco.

Literature records

Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 7 ( Venezuela: Amazonas). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela). — Arnaud 2002b: 67 ( Venezuela: Amazonas). — Edmonds & Zídek 2004: 10, 25 ( Venezuela: Amazonas). — Gámez 2004: 57 ( Venezuela). — Vítolo 2004: 287 ( Venezuela). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2022: 231‒236 ( Venezuela: Amazonas).

Figures

Fig. 63. Species distribution. A. Oxysternon conspicillatum (Weber, 1801). B. Oxysternon ebeninum Nevinson, 1890. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.