Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus martinezi Nunes, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018

Chamorro, William, Marin-Armijos, Diego, senjo, Angelico & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records, ZooKeys 826, pp. 1-343 : 57-59

Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus martinezi Nunes, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018 Plate 14C

Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus martinezi Nunes, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018: 14 (original description. Type locality: Francisco de Orellana, Rodrigo Borja, IAMOE).

Canthon fulgidus Redtenbacher, 1868: 51 (original description, Type locality: Brazilien [= Brazil]); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 991 (list, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 29 (complete list of species); Schmidt 1922: 75 (distribution); Balthasar 1939d: 203 (characters in key); Balthasar 1941: 342 (cited for Peru); Guêrin 1953: 257 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru).

Canthon fulgidum : Blackwelder 1944: 199 (misspelled name, list of species of Latin America).

Goniocanthon fulgidus : Pereira and Martínez 1956a: 111 (new combination); Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 593 (catalog of species); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 551 (characters in key).

Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus : Halffter and Martínez 1977: 75 (list of species); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001: 136 (cited for Colombia); Medina et al. 2003: 64 (distribution); Krajcik 2012: 63 (complete list of species); Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018: 47-48 (cited for Brazil); Chamorro et al. 2018: 87 (figure 10E), 93 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus martinezi Nunes, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018. The holotype is deposited at the CEMT (see Nunes et al. 2018: 15). Locality: Francisco de Orellana, Rodrigo Borja, IAMOE, Ecuador, not examined.

Canthon fulgidus Redtenbacher, 1867. The lectotype (sex unknown) is deposited at the MHMW (see Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018a: 47-48). Locality: Brazil. Examined.

Lectotype, (sex unknown): "Nott. [hw]", "fulgidus / det. [illegible]. 93 [p, black margin]", "TYPUS [p, red label]", "fulgidus / Redtb [hw]", "Fulgidus / Brasil Redt. [hw, black margin]", "LECTOTYPE / Canthon / fulgidus / Redtenb. / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2013 [hw and p, red label, black margin]".

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

NAPO: Archidona, 500 m (4 specimens MQCAZ); Sunka (7 specimens MQCAZ). ORELLANA: Apaika Sur (8 specimens MQCAZ); Bloque 31 Pozo Petrolero PSCA 2, Parque Nacional Yasuní (6 specimens MECN); Bloque 31 Perez Companc línea 9, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 200 m (3 specimens MECN); Daimi 1 (28 specimens MQCAZ); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); El Dorado, 350 m, plataforma Pitala 1 (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Río Huiririma (5 specimens MQCAZ); Loreto (2 specimens MQCAZ); Nashiño, 255 m (7 specimens MQCAZ); Río Rumiyacu Pozo Apaika I, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m (3 specimens CEMT; 168 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, 215-285 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (2 specimens MGO-UC; 21 specimens MQCAZ); Pozo Ginta 1, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 230 m (18 specimens MQCAZ); Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen CEMT; 22 specimens MQCAZ); Río Tiputini, Yasuní Res. (1 specimen CEMT; 8 specimens MQCAZ); Rodrigo Borja IAMOE (7 specimens CEMT; 25 specimens MQCAZ); San Sebastian del Coca Comuna Shamanal, Campo Palo Azul, 345 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zamona-Yuturi (10 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Campo Tiguino cerca al estero Ñemenguno, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Kurintza, 300 m (3 specimens MECN). SUCUMBÍOS: Aucayacu Río El Eno, 16 km de Lago Agrio 290 m (3 specimens MGO-UC); Cuyabeno, 250-400 m (19 specimens MQCAZ); Cuyabeno Jungla Lodge, 230 m (12 specimens MQCAZ); Río Aguarico, 300 m (5 specimens MQCAZ); Tarapoa Campo Marian, plataforma Fanny 5, 255 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

ORELLANA: Francisco de Orellana ( Nunes et al. 2018: 15); PUCE Yasuni, 250 m ( Nunes et al. 2018: 15); Parque Nacional Yasuni ( Nunes et al. 2018: 15); Mid. Rio Tiputini, Yasuni Res. Stn. ( Nunes et al. 2018: 15); Yasuni National Park, 215 m ( Nunes et al. 2018: 15).

Temporal data.

Collected every month of the year.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 215-345 m a.s.l. Collected with canopy fogging methods and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.