Eurysternus vastiorum Martinez , 1988

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Eurysternus vastiorum Martinez , 1988
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Eurysternus vastiorum Martinez, 1988 View in CoL Plate 32C

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) vastiorum Martínez, 1988a: 287 (original description. Type locality: Peru, departamento de Huánuco, Tingo María).

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

Eurysternus vastiorum : Celi et al. 2004: 45 (cited for Ecuador); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia); Génier 2009: 37 (diagnosis), 280 (characters in key); Camero 2010: 150 (characters in key), 160 (diagnosis, distribution for Colombia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 107 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) vastiorum Martínez, 1988. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MACN (see Génier 2009: 37). Locality: Peru, D° Huánuco, Tingo María, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Suriname.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Unsuants, 500-1100 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (3 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Puerto Misahuallí, 350 m (1 specimen MQCAZ). ORELLANA: Comunidad Kiwcha Chiruisla Station, 180-250 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Dayuma, Campo Hormiguero, plataforma Hormiguero, 320 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Dayuma, plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); El Dorado plataforma Guarango, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 610-890 m (2 specimens MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Limoncocha (1 specimen CEMT; 1 specimen MUTPL); Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno Brazo del río Guepi (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Bosque Domono, 1650 m ( Génier 2009: 39); road Mendez-Paute km 8, 1250 m ( Génier 2009: 39). NAPO: 20 km S Tena, 600 m ( Génier 2009: 39); 3.3 km E Puerto Napo, 400 m ( Génier 2009: 39); 5 km O Tena, 500 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m; Parque Nacional Yasuní (5 specimens MQCAZ); Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha, 450 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha, 21 km E de Puerto Napo, 400 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Hostería Misahuallí, Jungle Lodge ( Génier 2009: 39); Misahuallí, Jungle Lodge area, juntion of Río Napo-Río Misahuallí, 579 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Tena, 400-500 m ( Génier 2009: 39). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Río Aguarico, 150 m ( Génier 2009: 39). ORELLANA: Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 220 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Yuturi Lodge ( Génier 2009: 39). PASTAZA: Villano ( Génier 2009: 39). SUCUMBÍOS: 2 km N Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 39); 30 km E Lago Agrio, road to Tarapoa ( Génier 2009: 39); Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 39); Sacha Logde, 270 m ( Génier 2009: 40). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: road Cumbaritza-Gualaquiza km 1, 1100 m ( Génier 2009: 40); road Namirez-Zamora km 1, 1000 m ( Génier 2009: 40); road Zumbi-Yantzaga km 4, 900 m ( Génier 2009: 40).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, June, July, August, September, October, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 150-1250 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps, beat-sheet collecting method, and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Eurysternus