Copris laeviceps Harold

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 : 14

Copris laeviceps Harold ( Fig. 5 )

In Guatemala this species is only known from the tropical lowland rainforest of the Atlantic region.

GUATEMALA. Petén. La Libertad, Comunidad Bethel. 8­10.VI.1995. E. Cano (8). Flores, El Remate, Biotopo Cerro Cahuí, 28­29.VII.1995, E. Cano (8). San Andrés, aldea Carmelita, campamento Chuntuquí, 24­25.II.1996, 17o32’N, 90o07’W, E. Cano (1). Parque Nacional Tikal, 5.IX.1995, G. Orellana (3). San José, San Miguel La Palotada, 16.III.1999, M. Jolón (3). Izabal. Morales, Cerro San Gil, aldea Los Ángeles, 1200m, 5.X.1997, S. Barrios (4). Livingston, Biotopo Chocón Machacas, 17­23.VI.1997, bosque húmedo inundable, C. Avendaño (3). Río Dulce, fca. Talismán, 9.III.1997, G. Pereira (13). Río Dulce, aldea Sejá, 29.III.1992, C. Bravo (1). El Estor, 28.IV.2000, C. García (1). El Estor, Bocas de Polochic, Reserva Selempín, 100msnm, IX.2001 (2).

Figures

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.