Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) meleagris Blanchard, 1843

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Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) meleagris Blanchard, 1843 Plate 47B

Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard, 1843: 176 (original description. Type locality: Province de Santa-Cruz de la Sierra, Yungas).

Phanaeus meleagris : Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1018 (catalog, written as Phanaes Meleagris Blanch); Nevinson 1892: 5 (catalog, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 84 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 41 (characters in key); 99 (redescription), 152 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (list of species from Latin America); Balthasar 1941: 351 (cited for Peru); Balthasar 1951: 336 (cited for Peru); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 574 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (cited for Bolivia); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Phanaeus (Phanaeus) meleagris : Pessôa 1934: 305 (characters in key), 312 (redescription).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) meleagris : Edmonds 1994: 28 (characters in key), 31 (redescription), 102 (distribution); Vitolo 2000: 597 (characters in key); Arnaud 2002a: 85 (diagnosis); Vitolo 2004: 284 (diagnosis); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (distributional records from Bolivia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 322-323 (cited for Ecuador); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 11 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 136 (distributional records from Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 82 (figures 5G and 5H), 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) meleagris minos : Arnaud 2002a: 86 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 322-323 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 204 (cited as subespecie for Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard).

Phanaeus minos Erichson, 1847: 106 (original description); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1018 (catalog, cited as Phanaes Minos Erichs); Harold 1870: 105 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanch); Nevinson 1892: 5 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard); Gillet 1911a: 84 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 152 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard); Pessôa 1934: 312 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (synonym of Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard).

Type specimens.

Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard, 1843. The lectotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (see Edmonds 1994: 31). Locality: Yungas, not examined.

Phanaeus minos Erichson, 1847. The lectotype (♂) is deposited at the NMHU (see Edmonds 1994: 31). Locality: mountains of Peru, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

LOJA: Rta Loja-Zamora, 1400 m (7 specimens MQCAZ). MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300-1700 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (11 specimens MQCAZ); Comunidad Unsuants, Cordillera del Kutukú, 500-1100 m (8 specimens MQCAZ). Mera (3 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Bosque Protector La Cascada Quebrada Granadillas, 1300 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Bosque Protector la Cascada Río Coca, 640 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Punte Río Quijos, 1402 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Puente Río el Salado-Río Quijos, 1280 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Hollín, 1100 m (4 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Estación Biologica Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Gonzalo Pizarro Simón Bolivar, 1200 m (1 specimen MECN). TUNGURAHUA: Baños El Topo, 1590 m (2 specimens MUTPL); San Francisco del Río Pastaza, 1200 m (3 specimens MQCAZ). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Palanda (1 specimen MUTPL); Chito Río San Francisco, 1800 m (2 specimens CEMT; 2 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador, La Escombrera, 1223 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador, Cara de Indio; Yantzatza, 1477 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi, Comunidad La Wants, 1000 m (2 specimens MUTPL).

Literature records.

PASTAZA: Mera (Edmonds, 1994: 102); Canelos ( Edmonds 1994: 102). PASTAZA [= TUNGURAHUA]: San Francisco del Río Pastaza, 1200 m ( Edmonds 1994: 102). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Sabanilla ( Edmonds 1994: 102).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, April, August, September, October, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests across the Amazon region from 500-1800 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.