Canthidium (Canthidium) hespenheidei Howden & Young, 1981

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Canthidium (Canthidium) hespenheidei Howden & Young, 1981 Plate 8A

Canthidium hespenheidei Howden & Young, 1981: 92 (original description. Type locality: Panama, Panama Prov., Cerro Campana 850 m).

Canthidium hespenheidei : Ratcliffe 2002: 14 (cited for Panama); Solís and Kohlmann 2004: 16 (characters in key), 46 (redescription); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 5 (cited for Costa Rica); Krajcik 2012: 62 (complete list of species).

Canthidium (Eucanthidium) hespenheidei : Martínez and Halffter 1986: 32 (cited for Surinam and Venezuela); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318 (cited for Ecuador).

Canthidium (Canthidium) hespenheidei : Cupello 2018: 459 (transferred to the subgenus Canthidium (Canthidium) Erichson, 1847. Cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Canthidium hespenheidei Howden & Young, 1981. The holotype is deposited at the CMNC (ex coll. H. Howden) (see Solís and Kohlmann 2004: 46). Locality: Cerro Campaná, 850 m, Panamá, not examined.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.

Literature records.

PICHINCHA [= LOS RÍOS]: 47 km S de Santo Domingo Río Palenque, 215 m ( Howden and Young 1981: 93). PICHINCHA: 3 km E de Tandapi, 1310 m ( Howden and Young 1981: 93). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: Tinalandia, 650 m ( Howden and Young 1981: 93).

Temporal data.

Collected in February and June.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 215-1310 m a.s.l. According to Howden and Young (1981), this species was collected while perching on leaves at about 10-15 cm above the ground and with pitfall traps baited with human feces.