Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822

Carvalho, Edrielly C., Maldaner, Maria Eduarda, Costa-Silva, Vinicius, Sehn, Heivanice, Franquini, Carol, Campos, Vinicius O., Seba, Vinicius P., Maia, Lais F., Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. & Franca, Filipe Machado, 2023, Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 96101-96101 : 96101

Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822

Notes

This is a very diverse genus of the Americas, with approximately 115 described species ( González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello 2021). Deltochilum individuals are mostly nocturnal and often found in temperate, tropical and subtropical forests ( Halffter and Matthews 1966). Deltohyboma is currently the most challenging subgenus, which has been recently revised with several new species ( González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello 2021). For the identification of the species, the following works were mainly used: González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello (2021). Seven species were identified through our study: Deltochilum enceladus Kolbe, 1893, D. gp. Deltochilum aspericolle , D. gp. Deltochilum guyanense , D. gp. Deltochilum sextuberculatum , D. orbiculare van Lansberge, 1874, D. orbignyi amazonicum Bates, 1887 and Deltochilum sp. 1 (Fig. 3 E-G).

Figures

Figure 3. Dorsal habitus of dung beetle species collected in the Tapajos National Forest and / or Carajas National Forest. A Coprophanaeus degallieri Arnaud, 1997; B Coprophanaeus jasius (Olivier, 1789); C Coprophanaeus lancifer (Linnaeus, 1767); D Cryptocanthon campbellorum Howden, 1973; E Deltochilum anceladus Kolbe, 1893; F Deltochilum orbiculare Lansberge, 1874; G Deltochilum orbignyi amazonicum Bates, 1887; H Dichotomius cuprinus (Felsche, 1901); I Dichotomius mamillatus (Felsche, 1901); J Dichotomius melzeri (Luederwaldt, 1922); L Dichotomius nisus (Olivier, 1789); M Dichotomius pelamon (Harold, 1869); N Dichotomius worontzowi (Pereira, 1942); O Eurysternus arnaudi Genier, 2009; P Eurysternus atrosericus Genier, 2009; Q Eurysternus balachowski Halffter & Halffter, 1977. Scale bar: 1 mm.