Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)

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Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas (Perty, 1830) Plate 46D

Onitis chalcomelas Perty, 1830: 40 (original description. Type locality: Habitat in mediterraneis Prov. S. Pauli et Minarum [= South America]).

Phanaeus chalcomelas : Harold 1859: 198 (transferred to the Phanaeus Macleay 1819, comment); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1017 (catalog); Nevinson 1892: 2 (catalog, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 82 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 40 (characters in key); 98 (redescription), 152 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 574 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

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

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas : Edmonds 1994: 27 (characters in key), 28 (redescription), 100 (distribution); Vitolo 2000: 597 (characters in key); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (cited for Brazil); Arnaud 2002a: 84 (diagnosis); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (distributional records from Bolivia); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 134 (distribution of records for Peru); Boilly et al. 2016: 90 (characters in key); 93 (figures 21a, 21b and 21c); 96 (cited for Guyana); Chamorro et al. 2018: 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas chalcomelas : Arnaud 2002a: 85 (diagnosis); Vitolo 2004: 285 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Onitis chalcomelas Perty, 1830. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the ZSM (see Edmonds 1994: 29). Locality: Brasilia [=Brazil], not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MECN); Comunidad Unsuants, 700 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (3 specimens MECN). NAPO: Jatun Sacha, 500 m (3 specimens MECN); sur oeste de Puerto Napo, 535 m, Pungarayacu (1 specimen MQCAZ). ORELLANA: Comunidad Kiwcha Chiruisla Station, 180-250 m (7 specimens MQCAZ); Dayuma Campo Palanda plataforma Primavera 1, 235 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Daimi (3 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, 290 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (2 specimens MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata, 345 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Yasuní Puce BS, 250 m, Río Tiputini (18 specimens MQCAZ); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Yampuna; Zamona-Yuturi (2 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 645-810 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Estación Biológica Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Lago Agrio, 250 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Limoncocha, 220 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Pacayacu Campo Libertador, Tapi, 265 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Pañayacu Las Palmeras del Ecuador, 270 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); RPF Cuyabeno (4 specimens MQCAZ); Sacha Lodge, 270 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macuma ( Edmonds 1994: 100). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Lago Agrio, 250 m ( Edmonds 1994: 100); Limoncocha, 250 m ( Edmonds 1994: 100).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 180-1300 m a.s.l. Collected manually and using canopy fogging methods, flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.