Ontherus (Caelontherus) politus Genier , 1996

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Ontherus (Caelontherus) politus Genier, 1996 Plate 37C

Ontherus (Caelontherus) politus Génier, 1996: 33 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Napo, 6600 feet [= 2010 m] 15 km NW de Baeza).

Ontherus politus : Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 17 (catalog of types MQCAZ); Krajcik 2012: 174 (complete list of species); González and Medina 2015: 88 (distribution).

Ontherus (Caelontherus) politus : Morón 2006: 120 (catalog of types MXAL); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Ontherus (Caelontherus) politus Génier, 1996. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Génier 1996: 33). Locality: Ecuador, Napo, 6600' [= 2010 m] 15 km NW de Baeza, not examained.

Distribution.

Colombia and Ecuador.

Records examined.

CARCHI: km 3 road to Tufiño-Maldonado, 3400 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Cosanga Yanayacu Biost. (2 specimens MECN). SUCUMBÍOS: Santa Barbara, 2500 m (1 specimen MECN). TUNGURAHUA: Machay (1 specimen CEMT). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: El Tambo (33 specimens CEMT; 41 specimens MUTPL); Reserva El Colibri, 2080 m (55 specimens MUTPL); Estación Biológica San Francisco, 1900 m (27 specimens MUTPL); La Pituca, 1830 m Cuenca del río Curitza (1 specimen MUTPL); Romerillos sendero Nagaritza, 2200 m, Parque Nacional Podocarpus (4 specimens MECN). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality (1 specimen CEMT).

Literature records.

CARCHI: Env[iron]. de Tulcán [= Environs of Tulcán] ( Génier 1996: 34). CARCHI [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Sebondoi [= Sebundoy], 2600 m ( Génier 1996: 34). NAPO: 6600 feet [= 2100 m], 15 NW de Baeza, 2010 m ( Génier 1996: 33; Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 17); 7 km S de Baeza, 2000 m ( Génier 1996: 34); 24 km NW de Baeza, 2400 m ( Génier 1996: 34; Morón 2006: 120). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality ( Génier 1996: 34).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, July, September, October, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the montane cloud forests and evergreen high montane forests of the Andean region from 2000-3400 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with pig feces. Génier (1996) reports Sebundoy, a locality in Sucumbíos, near Santa Bárbara, with an altitude above 2600 m a.s.l. This locality was probably confused by the author with Sibundoy, located in the Putumayo department in Colombia.