Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon (Erichson, 1847)

Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2013, New evidence for the validity of Coprophanaeus (C.) terrali Arnaud, 2002 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini), a dung beetle from Brazil, Zootaxa 3717 (3), pp. 359-368 : 367-368

Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon (Erichson, 1847)

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Comments. Our data complement the distribution of C. telamon presented by Edmonds & Zidek (2010) and extend its distribution eastward into the Amazon Basin ( Fig. 13 ). Besides the provinces of Pantanal, Ucayali, Napo and Venezuelan Llanos already cited by Edmonds & Zidek, we recorded this species from Imeri, Varzea and Madeira provinces in the Amazonian subregion.

Material examined. BRAZIL: ACRE: Rio Branco, 11.IV.1988, Campos col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Rio Branco, Parque Zoobotânico, Universidade Federal do Acre (PZ-UFAC), II.1997, F. Vaz-de-Mello col.— 2 specimens (CEMT); Xapuri, Reserva Chico Mendes, 19.X.2009, J. Silveira col.— 2 specimens. AMAZONAS: Barcelos, Pico Tamacuari, 2,700 m., Missão Marari, 29.IV–10.V.2004, U. Caramaschi col.— 1 male and 2 females (MNRJ); Benjamin Constant, Capoeira Nova, 4º24’20”S 70º2’26”W, 24.III.2008, V. Korasaki col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Benjamin Constant, Guanabara II, 10.III.2004, P. Silva col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Benjamin Constant, Nova Aliança, II.2008, J. Louzada col.— 2 specimens (CEMT); Estrada BR 319, Km 350, 5 º12’56”S 61º50’23”W, 30.VII–02.VIII.2007, H. Gasca col.— 2 specimens (CEMT); Tefé, V.1957, R. Carvalho col.— 1 male (MNRJ); Tefé, VIII.1991, O. Roppa & P. Magno cols.— 8 males and 5 females (MNRJ). GOIÁS: Mineiros, Parque Nacional das Emas, 17º54’27”S 52º59’4”W, 15.III.2011, M. Souza col.— 5 specimens (CEMT). MATO GROSSO: Alta Floresta, 9º41’24”S 55º56’28”W, VI.2008, E. Berenguer col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Araputanga, Fazenda Araputanga, 15º21’48”S 58º26’3”W, XII.2002, M. Santos-Filho col.— 10 specimens (CEMT); Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau, 9º50’53”S 58º14’36”W, 11.XII.2009, F. Vaz-de-Mello col.— 2 specimens (CEMT); Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau, 9º51’4”S 58º14’10”W, 01.XI.2010, M. Gigliotti col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Curvelândia, Fazenda Aparecido, 15º33’43”S 58º0’20”W, II.2004, M. Santos-Filho col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Diamantino, Vale da Solidão, 14º21’29”S 56º8’5”W, 31.I.2009, D. Oliveira col.— 1 specimen (CEMT); Indiavaí, Fazenda Alto Jauru, 15º27’4”S 58º33’26”W, II.2003, M. Santos-Filho col.— 2 specimens (CEMT); Paranaíta, Fazenda Aragão, Rio Teles Pires, margem esquerda, 15.VI.2009, M. Souza & M. Uehara-Prado cols.— 2 specimens (CEMT). RÔNDONIA: Guajará-Mirim, Fazenda do Fandinho, 10º44’58”S 65º19’0”W, 24.II.2010, F. Coletti col.— 4 specimens (CEMT); Ouro Preto do Oeste, X.1986, O. Roppa, P. Magno & J. Becker cols.— 3 males and 1 female (MNRJ); Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica (ESEC) de Cuniã, 8º4’12”S 63º28’35”W, 04–11.XII.2011, M. Silveira col.— 10 specimens (CEMT); Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica (ESEC) de Cuniã, 8º4’12”S 63º28’35”W, 12–14.VIII.2012, M. Silveira col.— 3 specimens (CEMT); Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica (ESEC) de Cuniã, 8º4’12”S 63º28’35”W, 13–17.X.2012, M. Silveira col.— 14 specimens (CEMT). COLOMBIA: AMAZONAS: Tarapacá, 26.VI–14.VII.1997, I. Quintero col.— 1 specimen (CEMT). ECUADOR: ORELLANA: Rodrigo Borja, IAMOE, 04.VI.2000, A. Dávalos col.— 7 specimens (CEMT). MORONA-SANTIAGO: Villa Mendez, Paute Km 8, 23.VIII.1997, C. Carpio col.— 1 specimen (CEMT). NAPO: Tena, without date and collector— 16 specimens (CEMT). PERU: HUÁNUCO: Leoncio Prado, Tingo María, VI.1997, P. Arnaud col.— 1 specimen (CEMT). LORETO: Río Pucaruto, 01.XII.2007, C. Moreno col.— 1 specimen (CEMT). VENEZUELA: ARAGUA: Cuyagua, 06.VII.2004, D. García col.— 1 specimen (CEMT). TÁCHIRA: VIII.1990, without collector— 1 male and 1 female (MNRJ); San Cristóbal, Parque Paramillo, VI.1998, J. Blanco col.— 3 specimens (CEMT). VARGAS: Vargas, La Sabana, 10º36’26”N 66º18’2”W, 18–19VII.2009, H. Martínez, P. Cely & M. Córdova cols.— 1 specimen (CEMT). YARACUY: Bolívar, Aroa, VI.2009, Asmüssen, Colmenares & Martínez cols.— 1 specimen (CEMT).

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to W. D. Edmonds (Marfa, Texas, USA) and Miguel A. Monné (MNRJ) for their careful and kind review of the manuscript. We are also thankful to Márcio Félix (FIOC) for the loan of specimens for this study; to Patrick Arnaud (CPFA) for the loan of C. terrali holotype and for being so kind to make the photo of its cephalic carina; to Juan Pablo Botero, Allan Carelli and Vanessa Machado (MNRJ) for the help with the illustrations; to Thaynara Pacheco (CEMT) for her assistance with the label data of C. dardanus and C. telamon ; to Mateus Fernando de Souza, Andrea Ferreira Oliveira and Ricardo Eduardo Vicente for the help with the fieldwork in Mato Grosso; to Domingos Rodrigues (UFMT) for his assistance with logistics; and to Sergey Tarasov and two anonymous reviewers for many improvements in the text. Most fieldwork was granted by Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Estudos Integrados da Biodiversidade Amazônica (PPBIO-CENBAM, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico). MC was supported by Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica (PIBIC/CNPq), and FZVM is a CNPq fellow, temporarily housed at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, thanks to a CNPq PDE grant.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Distribution map of Coprophanaeus terrali, C. dardanus and C. telamon. Note that C. terrali is not sympatric (i. e., was not collected together) with either of the two other species.

FIGURE 15. Distribution map of Coprophanaeus terrali, C. dardanus and C. telamon in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Note that C. telamon is limited to west Juruena and north of lower Teles Pires Rivers (however passing Juruena much farther south), C. dardanus east of Xingu River (also in western varzea), and C. terrali in higher lands between these three rivers.

FIGURES 12 – 13. Coprophanaeus terrali, parameres, ventral view. 12) Variant form (Carlinda specimen). 13) Regular form (Cláudia specimens). Scale = 1 mm.