Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880

Chamorro, William, Marin-Armijos, Diego, senjo, Angelico & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records, ZooKeys 826, pp. 1-343 : 144-148

Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880 Plate 31C

Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880a: 14 (original description. Type locality: Muzo).

Eurysternus plebejus : Ohaus 1909: 94 (cited for Ecuador); Gillet 1911a: 26 (catalog); Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list of species from Latin America); Roze 1955: 41 (cited for Venezuela); Halffter and Matthews 1966: 146 (cited for Ecuador); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 547 (characters in key); Howden and Young 1981: 14 (characters in key), 15 (redescription); Jessop 1985: 1093 (characters in key), 1100 (distribution); Medina et al. 2001: 135 (cited for Colombia); Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (cited for Panama); Morón 2003: 44 (cited for Mexico); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia); Génier 2009: 172 (diagnosis), 289 (characters in key); Camero 2010: 150 (characters in key), 168 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 107 (complete list of species); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited for Costa Rica); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) s. str. plebejus : Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (cited for Brazil).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) joffrei Martínez, 1988a: 290 (original description); Génier 2009: 172 (synonym of Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880); Camero 2010: 168 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880).

Type specimens.

Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880. The lectotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (see Génier 2009: 173). Locality: Muzo, not examined.

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) joffrei Martínez, 1988. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MACN (see Génier 2009: 173). Locality: Peru, D°Huanuco, Tingo Maria, not examined.

Distribution.

Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

EL ORO: Buenaventura Bajo, 500 m (4 specimens MQCAZ); Uzhcurrumi, 500 m (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ). ESMERALDAS: Carondelet (2 specimens MQCAZ); Calle Mansa (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ; 4 specimens MECN); Colón del Ónzole (4 specimens CEMT; 7 specimens MQCAZ; 11 specimens MECN); Charco Vicente (11 specimens MQCAZ; 6 specimens MECN); Chispero (1 specimen CEMT; 6 specimens MQCAZ; 4 specimens MECN); El Progreso, Guandal (1 specimen MQCAZ); Gallinazo (2 specimens MQCAZ); Gualpi (6 specimens CEMT); Gualpí El Pajonal (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ; 2 specimens MECN); Gualpí del Ónzole (5 specimens MQCAZ; 9 specimens MECN); Jeyambi (4 specimens MQCAZ; 3 specimens MECN); Majua (6 specimens CEMT; 11 specimens MQCAZ; 2 specimens MGO-UC; 1 specimen MUTPL; 8 specimens MECN); Pajonal (8 specimens MQCAZ; 4 specimens MECN); Palma Real (8 specimens CEMT; 5 specimens MQCAZ; 1 specimen MGO-UC; 5 specimens MECN); Playa de Oro (21 specimens CEMT; 7 specimens MQCAZ; 6 specimens MECN); Playa de Oro, Padre Santo (2 specimens CEMT; 5 specimens MQCAZ; 5 specimens MECN); Playa de Oro, Río Santiago (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ); Playa Rica (3 specimens MQCAZ; 3 specimens MECN); Puerto Balao, 200 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Ricauter (3 specimens MQCAZ); Río Savalo (1 specimen MQCAZ); San Miguel (1 specimen MQCAZ); Salto del Bravo (7 specimens MQCAZ; 8 specimens MECN); Tsejpi (12 specimens MQCAZ; 7 specimens MECN); Zabalito (3 specimens MQCAZ). IMBABURA: Lita, 680 m (3 specimens MQCAZ). LOS RÍOS: Estación Científica Río Palenque, 150-200 m (10 specimens CEMT; 14 specimens MQCAZ). MANABÍ: Ayampe, 35 m (1 specimen MUTPL). MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (2 specimens MQCAZ); Comunidad Untsuants sitio 3, Cordillera del Kutukú, 700 m (4 specimens MQCAZ; 6 specimens MECN); Cumpi Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MUTPL); km 8 road to Mendez-Paute, 1250 m (2 specimens MQCAZ). ORELLANA: Daimi (1 specimen MQCAZ); Dayuma Campo Hormiguero, plataforma Hormiguero, 320 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); El Dorado plataforma Guarango, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (17 specimens MQCAZ); Ines Arango road Tiwino-río Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Rodrigo Borja IAMOE (2 specimens CEMT; 4 specimens MQCAZ); San Sebastian del Coca, 345 m, Comuna Guataraco, Campo Pata (1 specimen MUTPL); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Tiputini Yasuní Res. Stn. (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 555-990 m (4 specimens MGO-UC); Chuyayacu Oleoducto km 25, 200 m (1 specimen CEMT; 1 specimen MGO-UC); Estación Biológica Pindo Mirador UTE, 1100 m (1 specimen MUTPL); plataforma Villano (3 specimens MQCAZ). PICHINCHA: Curipoglio, 1000 m, Río Guaylla bamba (1 specimen MUTPL); Guayabilla Río Guayllabamba, 520 m, Manduriacus (2 specimens MGO-UC); Llurimaguas Río Guayllabamba, 290 m, Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1 specimen MUTPL); Tortugo Río Guayllabamba, 450 m, Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1 specimen MUTPL); San Roque Río Guayllabamba, 580 m, Pedro Vicente Maldonado (4 specimens MGO-UC; 1 specimen MUTPL). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 50 m (23 specimens CEMT). SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS: Tinalandia-Santo Domingo (2 specimens MQCAZ); Santo Domingo, Puerto Limon, 400 m (1 specimen CEMT). SUCUMBÍOS: 6 km de Dureno, 305 m, Precooperativa Los Vergeles (2 specimen MGO-UC); Aucayacu Río El Eno, 16 km de Lago Agrio, 275 m (4 specimen MGO-UC); Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Pacayacu, 260 m, Campo Libertador Tapi (1 specimen MGO-UC); Shusufindi, Recinto la Pantera 250 m (1 specimen CEMT).

Literature records.

EL ORO: Piñas, 1200 m ( Génier 2009: 177). ESMERALDAS: Colón del Ónzole ( Génier 2009: 177); Estación Forestal la Chiquita, 5 m, 11 km SE San Lorenzo ( Génier 2009: 177); Gualpí del Ónzole ( Génier 2009: 177); Majua ( Génier 2009: 177); Pajonal ( Génier 2009: 177); Palma Real ( Génier 2009: 177); Playa de Oro ( Génier 2009: 177); Playa Rica ( Génier 2009: 177); Prov. San Mateo ( Génier 2009: 177); Salto del Bravo ( Génier 2009: 177); Tsejpi ( Génier 2009: 177). GUAYAS: Bucay ( Génier 2009: 177). LOS RÍOS: 47 km S Santo Domingo, 213 m ( Génier 2009: 178); 57 km N Quevedo ( Génier 2009: 178); Estación Científica Río Palenque, 47 km S Santo Domingo, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 178); Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Quevedo ( Génier 2009: 178); Río Palenque ( Génier 2009: 178). MANABÍ: 20 km N Chone, 300 m ( Génier 2009: 178); 78 km NE Chone, 85 km WSW Santo Domingo, 450 m ( Génier 2009: 178); 90 km WSW Santo Domingo, 73 km NE Chone, 300 m ( Génier 2009: 178). MORONA SANTIAGO: Ángel Rouby, sitio 8, 1300 m ( Génier 2009: 178); road Mendez-Paute km 8, 1250 m ( Génier 2009: 178). NAPO: 11.5 km SW Tena ( Génier 2009: 178); 13 km SW Tena ( Génier 2009: 178); 17 km SW Tena ( Génier 2009: 178); 5 km O del Tena, 500 m ( Génier 2009: 178); Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha, 450 m ( Génier 2009: 178); Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha, 21 km NE de Puerto Napo, 400 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Misahualli Jungle Lodge, area junction of Río Napo-Río Misahualli ( Génier 2009: 179); Tena, 400-500 m ( Génier 2009: 179). NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Scyasuní, 200 m ( Génier 2009: 179). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Río Aguarico, 150 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Río Napo-Río Aguarico ( Génier 2009: 179). ORELLANA: Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 220 m ( Génier 2009: 179). PASTAZA: Llandia 17 km N Puyo, 1000 m ( Génier 2009: 179); plataforma Villano ( Génier 2009: 179). PICHINCHA: Pachijal, 600 m ( Génier 2009: 179). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: 4 km SE Santo Domingo, 500 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Tinalandia, 16 km SE de Santo Domingo, 600 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Tinalandia, Santo Domingo ( Génier 2009: 179). SUCUMBÍOS: 2 km N Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 179); 30 km E Lago Agrio, road to Tarapoa ( Génier 2009: 179); Dureno, Río Aguarico, 150 m ( Génier 2009: 179); La Selva Lodge, 150 km down Río Napo from Coca ( Génier 2009: 179); Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 179); Lombaqui [= Lumbaqui], 800 m ( Génier 2009: 180); Sacha Lodge, 270 m ( Génier 2009: 180); Santa Cecilia ( Génier 2009: 180).

Temporal data.

Collected every month of the year.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 5-1200 m a.s.l. In the Amazon, it was recorded in lowland evergreen forests and foothill evergreen forests from 150-1250 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.