Phanaeus (Phanaeus) lunaris Taschenberg, 1870

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Phanaeus (Phanaeus) lunaris Taschenberg, 1870 Plate 47D

Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg, 1870: 183 (original description. Type locality: Loja, Ecuador).

Phanaeus lunaris : Nevinson 1892: 5 (catalog, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 84 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 46 (characters in key); 110 (redescription), 156 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 573 (characters in key); Streit 2008: 8 (distribution, photography); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Phanaeus (Phanaeus) lunaris : Edmonds 1994: 62 (characters in key), 67 (redescription), 102 (distribution); Arnaud 2002a: 114 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 322-323 (cited for Ecuador); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 18 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 136 (distributional records from Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 84 (figure 7C), 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Phanaeus charon Harold, 1880b: 151 (original description); Nevinson 1892: 2 (catalog, distribution, written as Phanaeus Charon Harold); Gillet 1911a: 84 (synonym of Phanaeus lunaris Taschb); Gillet 1911b: 319 (synonym of Phanaeus lunaris TASCH); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 156 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus lunaris Taschb); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (synonym of Phanaeus lunaris Taschb); Edmonds 1994: 67 (synonym of Phanaeus (Phanaeus) lunaris Taschenberg, 1870); Arnaud 2002a: 89 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus (Phanaeus) lunaris Taschenberg); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 5 (junior synonym of Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg); Figueroa et al. 2014: 136 (synonym of Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg, 1870).

Type specimens.

Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg, 1870. Type material not examined.

Phanaeus charon Harold, 1880. Type material not examined.

Distribution.

Ecuador and Peru.

Records examined.

AZUAY: Santa Isabel río Jubones, 1035 m (4 specimens MQCAZ). CAÑAR: Javin (8 specimens CFPL); without specific locality (2 specimens CEMT). LOJA: 20 km N de Amaluza, 1250 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Malacatos (2 specimens MQCAZ); Sozoranga (3 specimens MQCAZ); Vilcabamba, 1520 m (1 specimen MQCAZ). LOS RÍOS: Quevedo, 75 m (8 specimens CEMT); Quevedo, Pichilingue (2 specimens CEMT); La Clementina, 200 m (3 specimens MQCAZ). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 50 m (13 specimens CEMT). SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS: Santo Domingo de los Colorados (1 specimen CEMT).

Literature records.

AZUAY: Huigra 1300 m ( Edmonds 1994: 102). BOLIVAR: Balzapamba ( Edmonds 1994: 102). EL ORO: Zaruma ( Edmonds 1994: 102). ESMERALDAS: San Mateo ( Edmonds 1994: 102); Telimbelo ( Edmonds 1994: 102). GUAYAS: Guayaquil ( Edmonds 1994: 102). LOS RÍOS: Quevedo, 75 m ( Edmonds 1994: 102); Babahoyo ( Edmonds 1994: 102); 45 km N Babahoyo 700 feet [= 210 m] ( Edmonds 1994: 102). LOJA: Loja ( Edmonds 1994: 102); Cariamanga ( Edmonds 1994: 102). E35, 24 km S of Catamayo, 1811 m ( Streit 2008: 8).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, May, June, July, September, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 50-1500 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was recorded in the evergreen lower montane forests from 1520-1810 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human and cow feces.