Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) bispinus Bates, 1868

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Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) bispinus Bates, 1868 Plate 46B

Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868: 89 (original description. Type locality: Pastaza, Canelos).

Phanaeus bispinus : Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1017 (catalog); Nevinson 1892: 2 (catalog, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 81 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 34 (characters in key); 84 (redescription), 147 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 574 (characters in key); Arnaud 1982a: 114 (list of the types of the MNHN); Vitolo 2000: 597 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (list of species for Bolivia); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) bispinus : Edmonds 1994: 33 (characters in key), 35 (redescription), 100 (distribution); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (cited for Brazil); Arnaud 2002a: 89 (diagnosis); Vitolo 2004: 283 (diagnosis); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 66 (distributional records from Bolivia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 9 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 133 (distributional records from Peru); Boilly et al. 2016: 90 (characters in key); 93 (figures 19a, 19b and 19c); 96 (cited for Guyana); Chamorro et al. 2018: 97 (cited for Ecuador).

Phanaeus digitalis d’Olsoufieff, 1924: 34 (original description); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (list of species from Latin America); Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 237 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Frey 1963: 559 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Edmonds 1994: 35 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Arnaud 2002a: 89 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Vitolo 2004: 283 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 66 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 5 (junior synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868); Figueroa et al. 2014: 133 (synonym of Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868).

Type specimens.

Phanaeus bispinus Bates, 1868. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (see Edmonds 1994: 35). Locality: Canelos, Ecuador, not examined.

Phanaeus digitalis d’Olsoufieff, 1924. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the MNHN (see Edmonds 1994: 35). Locality: Guyana, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

NAPO: Puerto Napo, 480 m (2 specimens MECN). ORELLANA: Añangu (1 specimen MQCAZ); Dayuma Campo Palanda, plataforma Primavera 1, 235 m (6 specimens MUTPL); Dayuma Campo Pindo, plataforma Pindo Este 1, 305 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Onkone Gare, 220 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); El Coca, plataforma Oso B (1 specimen MUTPL); Yasuni Puce BS, 200 m, Río Tiputini (3 specimens MQCAZ). SUCUMBÍOS: Garzacocha (1 specimen MQCAZ); Tarapoa, 260 m, Fanny 5 (1 specimen MUTPL); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO: Tena, 400 m ( Edmonds 1994: 100); without specific locality ( Arnaud 2002a: 89). PASTAZA: Canelos ( Bates 1868: 89; Edmonds 1994: 100).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, May, August, September, October, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 220-400 m a.s.l. Collected manually and with pitfall traps baited with human feces.