Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956

Silva, Fernando A. B. & Valois, Marcely, 2019, A taxonomic revision of the genus Scybalocanthon Martínez, 1948 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), Zootaxa 4629 (3), pp. 301-341 : 323-324

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335163

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scientific name

Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956
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Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956 View in CoL

( Figs. 1L View FIGURE 1 , 4L View FIGURE 4 , 5K View FIGURE 5 , 6A View FIGURE 6 )

Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956: 114 View in CoL , 116 (original description and identification key); Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 638 (catalog); Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 554 (distribution, identification key); Halffter & Martínez 1977: 67 (species list).

Canthon kelleri: Krajcik 2006: 28 (catalog); Krajcik 2012: 63 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Specimens of S. kelleri ( Fig. 1L View FIGURE 1 ) are similar to some specimens of S. sexspilotus ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ) in having the pronotum bicolored, with a transverse black spot; aedeagus with parameres elongate, subrectangular, not excavated ventrally ( Figs. 4L, U View FIGURE 4 ); and endophallus lacking bristles or microbristles close to the FLP sclerite ( Figs. 5K, U View FIGURE 5 ). However, they can be distinguished by head, pygidium and femora uniformly colored.

Description. Body. Oval, lateral edges rounded. Surface completely microgranulate, with small and dense punctures randomly distributed. Color. Head and elytra opaque, pronotum with metallic sheen. Most of pronotum and elytra, lateral portion of hypomera, lateral portion of abdominal ventrites, and pygidium yellow or dark brown. Other parts black. Length. 7.7–9.0 mm. Thorax. Pronotum with transverse black spot in a butterfly or bat shape. Anterior angles of pronotum acute (approximately 80°). Lateral margin regularly curved outward, not forming an angle at the middle portion. Elytra. Striae thin and shiny, weakly impressed, punctures almost inconspicuous. Eighth stria with a thin carina at the anterior portion. Aedeagus. Parameres slightly asymmetrical, with subrectangular shape, truncate apically ( Fig. 4L View FIGURE 4 ). Dorsal margin of parameres slightly curved inward from the basal to medial portions and slightly curved outward at the apical portion. Ventral margin of parameres substraight. SRP circular, with curved handle-shaped extension ( Fig. 5K View FIGURE 5 ). FLP I-shaped ( Fig. 5K View FIGURE 5 ). A+SA with two superposed and elongate sclerites ( Fig. 5K View FIGURE 5 ). AS I-shaped ( Fig. 5K View FIGURE 5 ).

Type material. Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez , holotype ♂ ( MZSP): “Sosomoco / Ost Columb.” // “ HOLOTYPUS ” / / “ Scybalocanthon / kelleri sp. n. ♂ / F. S. Pereira ” // “ Canthon / nigriceps / Har. / P. Pereira det. 951” // “10196” .

Non-type material [ 7 males, 5 females]: COLOMBIA: Sosomoco, [no date], [anonymous]— 1♂ ( CMNC); META, Quebrada Susamuco , 23 km W Villavicencio, 1000 m (4°12’4’’N, 73°47’40’’W), 3–5.iii.1972, S. & J. Peck, forest— 3♂ 4♀ ( CMNC); GoogleMaps Vista Hermosa, Finca El Esfuerzo (73°35’42”W, 3°2’44”N), iv.1997, pitfall human feces, 200 m, A. Lopera— 1♂ ( CEMT); Buena Vista, i.1897, S. Burger— 1♂ ( CEMT) GoogleMaps . ECUADOR: NAPO, Tena , 400–500 m (0°59’21’’S, 77°48’55’’W), 15–21.ii.1986, F. Génier, feces trap— 1♂ 1♀ ( CMNC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Known from Colombia and Ecuador ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ). Endemism areas: Brazilian sub-region: Pacific dominion: Sabana and Magdalena provinces; Boreal Brazilian dominion: Napo province (see Morrone 2014; fig. 12).

Remarks. “Sosomoco” is apparently an incorrect citation for quebrada Susumuco in the eastern portion of the Meta department in Colombia ( Maldonado-Ocampo et al. 2005; Salazar 2008).

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Scybalocanthon

Loc

Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956

Silva, Fernando A. B. & Valois, Marcely 2019
2019
Loc

Canthon kelleri: Krajcik 2006: 28

Krajcik, M. 2012: 63
Krajcik, M. 2006: 28
2006
Loc

Scybalocanthon kelleri Pereira & Martínez, 1956: 114

Halffter, G. & Martinez, A. 1977: 67
Vulcano, M. A. & Pereira, F. S. 1967: 554
Vulcano, M. A. & Pereira, F. S. 1964: 638
Pereira, F. S. & Martinez, A. 1956: 114
1956
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