Canthidium (Neocanthidium) coerulescens Balthasar, 1939

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 : 33

Canthidium (Neocanthidium) coerulescens Balthasar, 1939 Plates 10B, 55D

Canthidium coerulescens Balthasar, 1939c: 117 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Ostcordillieren, Teremotillo, Jivaria, Santa Inéz [= Santa Inés]).

Canthidium coerulescens : Krajcik 2012: 62 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru).

Canthidium (Canthidium) coerulescens : Martínez and Halffter 1986: 26 (transferred to the subgenus Canthidium (Canthidium) s. str., cited for Ecuador); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2012: 300 (catalog of types NMPC).

Canthidium (Neocanthidium) coerulescens : Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 592 (characters in key. Transferred to the genus Neocanthidium Martínez, Halffter & Pereira, 1964); Cupello, 2018: 468 (distribution, cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 89 (figure 12C), 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Canthidium coerulescens Balthasar, 1939. The lectotype (♂) (here designated) and one paralectotype are deposited at the NMPC (ex coll. V Balthasar). Locality: Jivaria, examined.

Lectotype (here designated) (♂): "O. Ecuador / Jivaria / 17 12. 05 F. Ohs.S. [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "LECTOTYPE ♂ / Canthidium / coerulescens / Balth. / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014 [hw and p, red label, black margin]".

Paralectotype (♂): "O. Ecuador / Jivaria / 17 12. 05 F. Ohs.S. [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "PARALECTOTYPE / Canthidium ♂ / coerulescens Balth / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2013 [hw and p, yellow label, black margin]".

Distribution.

Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

SUCUMBÍOS: Río Azuela Reventador, 1720 m (1 specimen CEMT); La Sofía, 1800 m (2 specimens MUTPL). TUNGURAHUA: Baños El Topo, 1590 m (6 specimens CEMT; 8 specimens MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Chito Río San Francisco, 1800 m (2 specimens MUTPL); RVS El Zarza conseción El Zarza, campamento las Peñas, Cordillera del Cóndor, 1710 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador Jardín Botánico, 925 m (1 specimen CEMT); Tundayme campamento Mirador Escombrera Norte, 1225 m (2 specimens).

Literature records.

UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Teremotillo ( Balthasar 1939c: 118); Jivaria ( Balthasar 1939c: 118; Bezdek and Hajek 2012: 300); Santa Jnéz [= Santa Inés] ( Balthasar 1939c: 118; Bezdek and Hajek 2012: 300).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, May, August, September, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits lower montane forests and in the montane cloud forests of the Andean regions from 1710-1800 m a.s.l. It was also registered in the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests in the Amazon region from 925-1700 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.

The lectotype is here designated and illustrated (♂ deposited at the NMPC, Plate 56B) and belongs to the locality Ecuador, Jivaria [= eastern slopes of the Andes mountains].