Eurysternus atrosericus Genier , 2009

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 : 131

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1550A3A-E547-4450-9A44-BC4366D5E110

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Eurysternus atrosericus Genier , 2009
status

 

Eurysternus atrosericus Genier, 2009 View in CoL

Eurysternus atrosericus Génier, 2009: 86 (original description. Type locality: Brazil, Obidos = PA[ RÁ]).

Eurysternus atrosericus : Camero 2010: 149 (characters in key), 153 (diagnosis); Krajcik 2012: 107 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Eurysternus atrosericus Génier, 2009. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MZUSP (see Génier 2009). Locality: Brazil, Obidos = PA[ RÁ], not examined.

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, and Venezuela.

Literature records.

CHIMBORAZO: without specific locality ( Génier 2009: 90). PICHINCHA: without specific locality ( Génier 2009: 90).

Temporal data.

It is not known when this species was collected.

Remarks.

The natural history is unknown. According to Génier (2009), this species has been collected using pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Eurysternus