Canthidium (Canthidium) macroculare Howden & Gill, 1987

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Canthidium (Canthidium) macroculare Howden & Gill, 1987 Plate 8B

Canthidium macroculare Howden & Gill, 1987: 215 (original description. Type locality: Panama, Chiriqui, La Fortuna Dam).

Canthidium macroculare : Medina et al. 2001: 137 (cited for Colombia); Ratcliffe 2002: 14 (cited for Panama); Solís and Kohlmann 2004: 13 (characters in key), 52 (redescription); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318 (cited for Ecuador); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 6 (cited for Costa Rica); Krajcik 2012: 62 (complete list of species).

Canthidium (Eucanthidium) macroculare : Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador).

Canthidium (Canthidium) macroculare : Cupello 2018: 461 (transferred to the subgenus Canthidium (Canthidium) Erichson, 1847); Chamorro et al. 2018: 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Canthidium macroculare Howden & Gill, 1987. The holotype is deposited at the CMNC (ex coll. H Howden) (see Howden and Gill 1987: 215). Locality: Panama, Chiriqui, La Fortuna Dam, not examined.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama.

Records examined.

LOS RÍOS: Estación Biológica Río Palenque, 220 m (18 specimens MQCAZ).

Literature records.

PICHINCHA [= LOS RÍOS]: 47 km S of Sto Domingo [= Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas], Río Palenque, 700 m ( Howden and Gill 1987: 215). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: 16 km E Sto Domingo Tinalandia, 680 m ( Howden and Gill 1987: 215).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, May, and July.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 220-700 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces and flight interception traps.