Dichotomius (Dichotomius) carinatus ( Luederwaldt, 1925 )

Chamorro, William, Lopera-Toro, Alejandro & Rossini, Michele, 2021, A new species and distribution records of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Colombia, Zootaxa 4942 (2), pp. 193-206 : 195

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4639232

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scientific name

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) carinatus ( Luederwaldt, 1925 )
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Dichotomius (Dichotomius) carinatus ( Luederwaldt, 1925) View in CoL

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Pinotus carinatus Luederwaldt, 1925: 67 View in CoL (original description). Type locality: Pará, Amazonas .

Type series. The holotype (male) is deposited at Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de S„o Paulo, Brazil ( Luederwaldt 1925: 67) .

Remarks. According to Luederwaldt (1929) this species has a length of 22–23 mm. It is distributed in Bolivia: Lago Caiman and Los Fierros, Noel Kempff Mercado National Park ( Forsyth et al. 1998: 370; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 15); and Brazil: Amazonas and Pará states ( Luederwaldt 1929: 67; Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 585; Gardner et al. 2008: table S1).

Forsyth, A. B., Spector, S., Gill, B., Guerra, F. & Ayzama, S. (1998) Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado. In: Killeen, T. J. & Schulemberg, T. S. (Eds.), RAP Working Papers, 10: A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. Conservation International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, pp. 181 - 190.

Gardner, T. A., Hernandez, M. I., Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A. (2008) Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for Neotropical dung beetles. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 883 - 893. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2664.2008.01454. x

Hamel-Leigue, A., Mann, D. J., Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Herzog, S. K. (2006) Hacia un inventario de los escarabajos peloteros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de Bolivia: primera compilacion de los generos y especies registrados para el pais. Revista Boliviana de Ecologia y Conservacion Ambiental, 20, 1 - 18.

Luederwaldt, H. (1925) Novas especies do genero Pinotus (Coleoptera-Lamellicornidae- Coprinae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 2 (1), 67 - 69.

Luederwaldt, H. (1929) As especies brasileiras do genero Pinotus, com algumas consideracies tambem sobre outras especies. Revista do Museu Paulista, 16, 1 - 174.

Vulcano, M. A. & Pereira, F. S. (1967) Sinopse dos Passalidae e Scarabaeidae s. str. da regi o Amazonica (Insecta, Coleoptera). Atas do Simposio sobre a Biota Amazonica, Zoologia, 5, 533 - 603.

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FIGURE 3. Dichotomius species. A, Dichotomius telamon (dorsal view), female; B, Dichotomius telamon (lateral view), female; C, Dichotomius carinatus (dorsal view), male; D, Dichotomius podalirius (dorsal view), male; E, (lateral view), male.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Scarabaeinae

Genus

Dichotomius