Gromphas aeruginosa (Perty, 1830)

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Gromphas aeruginosa (Perty, 1830) Plate 33A

Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830: 39 (original description. Type locality: Habitat in mediterraneis Prov. S. Pauli et Minarum [= South America]).

Onitis aeruginosus : Scherer 1983: 298 (designation of lectotype); Cupello 2013: 15-17 (comments on the homonymy of Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830).

Gromphas (onitis) aeruginosa : Harold 1859: 199 (transferred to the genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837).

Gromphas aeruginosa : Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1016 (catalog, distribution); Harold 1869d: 62 (comment); Heyne and Taschenberg 1908: 64 (redescription, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 80 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 20 (characters in key), 58 (redescription, distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list of species from Latin America); Barattini and Saenz 1961: 23 (redescription); 1964: 177 (redescription); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 566 (characters in key); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001: 138 (cited for Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (cited for Bolivia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 61 (distribution of records from Bolivia); Krajcik 2012: 117 (complete list of species); Figueroa et al. 2012: 3 (redescription); Cupello 2013: 15 (comment); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 447 (characters in key); 448 (redescription); Figueroa et al. 2014: 137 (distribution of records from Peru); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 82 (figure 5F), 83 (figure 6A), 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Gromphas lacordairei Blanchard, 1846: 181 (original description); Harold 1859: 199 (synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, comment); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1016 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, cited as Gromphas Lacordairei Dej.); Harold 1869d: 62 (comment); Gillet 1911a: 80 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, cited as Gromphas Lacordairei ); Burmeister 1874b: 130 (redescription); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 138 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, 1830); Blackwelder 1944: 208 (cited as synonym of Gromphas a eruginosa Perty); Barattini and Saenz 1961: 23 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty), 1964: 177 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 61 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 448 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty); Figueroa et al. 2014: 137 (cited as synonym of Gromphas aeruginosa Perty, 1830); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 11 (distribution, figure 5).

Type specimens.

Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830. The lectotype is deposited at the ZSM (see Scherer 1983: 298). Locality: Brasilien [= Brazil], examined.

Lectotype (sex unknown): "Brasilien [p]", "3 - 8. / Typi. [p]", "Type von / gromphas / aeruginosus / Perty. [p and hw, red label]", "alte / sammlung [p]", "HOLOTYPUS / Onitis Perty / aeruginosus / det. Dr. G. Scherer 1981 [p and hw, red margin]", "Gromphas / aeruginosus / (Perty) / det. G. Scherer 1981 [p and hw]".

Gromphas lacordairei Blanchard, 1846. Type material not examined. Syntypes possibly deposited at the MNHN (see Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 448) not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Estación Chiruisla, 215 m (1 specimen MQCAZ).

Literature records.

NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Río Coca ( Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 452).

Temporal data.

Collected in October and September.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 215 m a.s.l. Collected manually at night.