Ateuchus parvus (Balthasar, 1939)
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Ateuchus parvus (Balthasar, 1939) |
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Ateuchus parvus (Balthasar, 1939) View in CoL Plate 4C
Choeridium parvum Balthasar, 1939a: 49 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).
Choeridium parvum : Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list, distribution).
Ateuchus parvus : Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 589 (characters in key); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 352 (catalog of types NMPC); Krajcik 2012: 50 (complete list of species); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador, misspelled name Ateuchus parvum Balthasar, 1939); Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Choeridium parvum Balthasar, 1939. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NMPC (ex coll. V Balthasar). Locality: Quevedo, examined.
Holotype (♂): "W. ECUADOR / Quevedo A.M. / Jan. 08 F.v. B [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "Choeridium / parvum / n. sp / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [hw and p]", "parvum m. [hw, green label, black margin]", "HOLOTYPE [hw, red label]".
Distribution.
Only known from Ecuador.
Records examined.
LOS RÍOS: CCRP [= Estación Biológica Río Palenque] (18 specimens MQCAZ; 5 specimens CEMT); Quevedo (1 specimen NMPC).
Temporal data.
Collected in January, February, March, June, July, August, November, and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests at 45 m a.s.l. Species was collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.
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