Copris costaricensis dolichocerus Matthews

Kohlmann, Bert & Delgado, Enio Cano And Leonardo, 2003, New species and records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeinae) from Central America, Zootaxa 167, pp. 1-16 : 13-14

Copris costaricensis dolichocerus Matthews ( Fig. 5 )

This subspecies is known from 1500 to 2000 m, in mountainous cloud forests and pine­oak forests in the Volcanic Chain between Chiapas and Guatemala. It is also known from the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and perhaps Quiché (one female cited by Matthews (1961)) in Guatemala. There are subtle differences between localities because the major males of Huehuetenango have the 8th elytral stria almost incomplete anteriorly.

GUATEMALA. Suchitepequez. Cuyotenango, Chacalté­Sis, V­VI.1993, E. Espina (5). Chicacao, fca. El Porvenir, 13.VII.1998, C. Méndez, cafetales, 1500m (4). San Marcos. La Fraternidad, VIII.1996, J. Monzón, Bosque nuboso y cafetales, 1900m (2). Huehuetenango. Road between Chiantla and Aguacatán, 2135m, pine­oak forest, 16­ 17.IX.1995, E. Cano (3). Chiantla, Turicentro del Valle, 1910m, 15­16.IX.1995, E. Cano (1). Chiantla, Buenos Aires, 2000m, 10.VII.2001, J. Monzón (3); same data but IX. 2001 (1); same data but X.2001 (1).

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FIGURE 5. Distribution of Copris cited in the work (except the widely distributed C. lugubris and the Mexican C. sallei) in Central America. White area is above 800 m. Black stars = C. nubilosus Kohlmann, Cano and Delgado, sp. nov.; black triangle = C. caliginosus Kohlmann, Cano and Delgado, sp. nov.; black squares = C. aspericollis; black circle = C. matthewsi pacificus; white triangle = C. costaricensis dolichocerus; white rhombus = C. laeviceps.