Canthon (Canthon) aberrans (Harold, 1868)

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Canthon (Canthon) aberrans (Harold, 1868) Plate 11B

Deltochilum aberrans Harold, 1868d: 8 (original description. Type locality: Columbia [= Colombia]).

Deltochilum aberrans : Gemminger and Harold 1869: 995 (list, distribution); Harold 1880a: 18 (distribution); Kolbe 1893: 191 (diagnosis); Gillet 1911a: 35 (complete list of species); Campos 1921: 55 (cited for Ecuador); Blackwelder 1944: 202 (list of species of Latin America); Solís and Kohlmann 2002: 5 (cited as Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1868), synonym).

Paedhyboma aberrans : Shipp 1897: 195 (transferred to the genus Paedhyboma Kolbe, 1893); Paulian 1939: 21 (redescription, distribution); Balthasar 1941: 345 (cited for Peru); Martínez 1947: 113 (cited as synonym of Deltochilum aberrans Harold, 1868); Contreras 1951: 221 (cited for Colombia); Balthasar 1951: 330 (cited for Peru); Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 636 (catalog of species); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 551 (characters in key); Solís and Kohlmann 2002: 5 (synonym of Canthon aberrans Harold).

Canthon aberrans : Pereira and D’Andretta 1955a: 48 (transferred to the genus Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru).

Canthon (Canthon) aberrans : Halffter and Martínez 1977: 87 (transferred to the subgenus Canthon s. str.); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001: 135 (cited for Colombia); Solís and Kohlmann 2002: 4 (characters in key), 5 (redescription); Ratcliffe 2002: 12 (cited for Panama); Medina et al. 2003: 64 (distribution); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 13 (cited for Bolivia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 63 (complete list of species); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 3 (cited for Costa Rica); Chamorro et al. 2018: 85 (figure 8A), 87 (figure 10H), 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Canthon bifurcatus Robinson, 1948a: 37 (original description); Martínez 1951a: 23 (distribution, synonym of Canthon juanae Martínez, 1949); Pereira 1953: 394 (synonym of Paedhyboma aberrans (Harold, 1968)); Pereira and D’Andretta 1955a: 48 (cited as Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1968), synonym); Solís and Kohlmann 2002: 5 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans Harold); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 3 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans Harold).

Canthon juanae Martínez, 1949b: 176 (original description); Martínez 1951a: 23 (synonym of Canthon bifurcatus Martínez, 1951); Pereira 1953: 394 (cited as synonym of Canthon plicatipennis Blanchard, 1843); Pereira and D’Andretta 1955a: 48 (cited as Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1968), synonym); Solís and Kohlmann 2002: 5 (cited as Canthon (Canthon) aberrans (Harold), synonym); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 3 (cited as Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1868), synonym).

Type specimens.

Deltochilum aberrans Harold, 1868. One syntype examined deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. E Harold and R Oberthur). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Canthon bifurcatus Robinson, 1948. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the USNM. Locality: Merida Venezuela. Examined.

Holotype (♀): "Merida / Venezuela [p]", "♀ [p]", "TypeNo / 65620 / U S N M [p and hw, red label]", "M.Robinson / Collection / 1959 [p]", "HOLOTYPE / Canthon / bifurcatus / Mark Robinson [p]".

Canthon juanae Martínez, 1949. The holotype (♂) is deposited in the AMIC (see Martínez 1949b: 179) [= name-bearing types now in the MACN]. Locality: Bolivia. Dep. La Paz. Nor Yungas Rios Carioco, Choro, Dalem. 700 m. Not examined.

Two paratypes are deposited in CEMT. Examined.

Paratype (♀): "BOLIVIA / Dep. La Paz / Pcia. Nor Yungas / Ríos Carioco, Choro / Dalen 700 mts. / Coll. Martínez / Ene-949 [hw]", "PARATIPO ♀ [hw, green label, black margin]", "Canthon / juanae ♀ / sp.n. / A. MARTÍNEZ-DET.1949 [p and hw, green label, black margin]".

Paratype (♂): "BOLIVIA / Dep. La Paz / Pcia. Nor Yungas / Ríos Carioco, Choro / Dalen 700 mts. / Coll. Martínez / Ene-949 [hw]", "PARATIPO ♂ [hw, green label, black margin]", "Canthon / juanae ♂ / sp.n. / A. MARTÍNEZ-DET.1949 [p and hw, green label, black margin]".

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga, 1300 m (3 specimens CEMT; 152 specimens MQCAZ); La Mana (5 specimens MQCAZ). IMBABURA: Junín La Mina (7 specimens MQCAZ). EL ORO: Piñas, 1200 m (18 specimens MQCAZ). ESMERALDAS: Los Ajos (8 specimens MQCAZ; 3 specimens MECN); Palma Real (19 specimens MQCAZ; 10 specimens MECN); San Francisco, 20 m (4 specimens MQCAZ); Ricuaute (7 specimens MQCAZ; 1 specimen MECN); Santa Rita (3 specimens MQCAZ). MANABÍ: El Carmen, 600 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). MORONA SANTIAGO: Alshi 9 de Octubre, Rio Upano, 1500 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Gualaquiza (3 specimens MQCAZ); Limón Indanza (2 specimens MQCAZ); Macas, 1000 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Archidona (4 specimens MQCAZ); Cosanga (7 specimens MQCAZ); El Reventador (1 specimen MUTPL); El Reventador, Cascada de San Rafael (8 specimens MQCAZ); Los Guacamayos Piviyacu, 1800 m (4 specimens CEMT); Misahualli, 500 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Parahuacu (2 specimens MECN); Puente Río Azuela, road Baeza-Lago Agrio (7 specimens MQCAZ); Río Hollín, 1100 m (4 specimens CEMT); San Rafael (6 specimens MQCAZ); Tena Talag, 750 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). ORELLANA: El Coca (1 specimen MQCAZ); Loreto (5 specimens MQCAZ). PICHINCHA: Chiriboga (8 specimens MQCAZ); Chiriboga km 59 (3 specimens MQCAZ); Estación Biológica Maquipucuna, 1250 m (3 specimens MUTPL); Hda Las Palmeras km 57 (4 specimens MQCAZ); Jerusalen (1 specimen MQCAZ); Mindo, 1400-1650 m (4 specimens CEMT); Nanegalito, 1800 m (19 specimens MQCAZ); Pampas Argentinas, 1300 m (8 specimens MQCAZ); Puerto Quito (3 specimens MQCAZ); Puerto Quito km 113 (1 specimen MQCAZ); San Vicente km 4, La Armenia, 1800 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); road Calacalí

Nanegalito, 2000 m (5 specimens MQCAZ); road Chiriboga-Santo Domingo (1 specimen MQCAZ); Tandayapa (3 specimens MQCAZ); Yaruquí, 2700 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); road to Nanegalito km 37 El Vergel, 1600 m (1 specimen CEMT). SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS: ECR Guajalito (25 specimens MQCAZ); Río Toachi (3 specimens MQCAZ); Santo Domingo (7 specimens MQCAZ). SUCUMBÍOS: La Bonita, 1800 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Limoncocha (1 specimen MQCAZ); El Reventador (2 specimens MQCAZ); road La Alegría-La Bonita km 32 (2 specimens MECN). TUNGURAHUA: Baños (1 specimen MQCAZ); Baños El Topo, 1530 m (3 specimens MUTPL); San Francisco (5 specimens MQCAZ); ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: El Pangui (4 specimens MUTPL); RVS El Zarza campamento las Peñas, Cordillera del Cóndor, 1710 m (4 specimens MUTPL); Guaguaymi, 2000 m (1 specimen CEMT); San Andres, 1850 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Tundayme campamento Mirador La Mina, 1320 m (2 specimens MUTPL).

Temporal data.

Collected every month of the year.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 20-1250 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was registered in the lower montane forests and the montane cloud forests from 1300-2300 m a.s.l. In the Amazon, it was registered on the foothill evergreen forests from 500-1100 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces and occassionally in mouse carrion.