Aphodius chapini Hinton, 1934: 189
Blackwelder 1944: 212
Aphodius ataenioides Hinton, 1938: 123
Blackwelder 1944: 212
Aphodius ( Blackburneus ) ataenioides
Dellacasa 1988: 229
Aphodius ( Blackburneus ) chapini
Dellacasa 1988: 351
Aphodius ( Blackburneus ) castanescens Petrovitz, 1973: 145
Dellacasa 1988: 233
Gonaphodiellus ( s. l. ) chapini
Skelley et al. 2007: 4
Systematic revision of Gonaphodiellus taxa, with description of two new genera and fourteen new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
Dellacasa, Marco
Dellacasa, Giovanni
Gordon, Robert D.
Insecta Mundi
2012
2012-04-06
2012
230
1
41
(Hinton, 1934)
Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon
2012
Hinton
1934
[192,744,200,219]
Insecta
Aphodiidae
Gonaphodioides
Animalia
Coleoptera
18
17
Arthropoda
species
chapini
comb. nov.
( Fig. 73-77)
Aphodius chapini Hinton, 1934: 189; Blackwelder 1944: 212. Aphodius ataenioides Hinton, 1938: 123; Blackwelder 1944: 212( new synonymy). Aphodius( Blackburneus) ataenioides; Dellacasa 1988: 229. Aphodius( Blackburneus) chapini; Dellacasa 1988: 351. Aphodius( Blackburneus) castanescens Petrovitz, 1973: 145; Dellacasa 1988: 233( new synonymy). Gonaphodiellus( s. l.) chapini; Skelley et al. 2007: 4.
Typelocality.Porto Bello [Puerto Bello, Panama]. Typerepository. United StatesNational Museum, Washington, DC, U.S.A.( typeexamined).
Redescription.Length 4.0-4.5 mm; oblong, moderately convex, shiny, glabrous. Chestnut brown; clypeal margin, pronotal sides and elytral apex somewhat paler; legs chestnut brown; antennal club yellowish. Head with epistome feebly convex on disc, superficially microreticulate, almost evenly subregularly coarsely punctured; punctation distally confusedly superficial, somewhat sparser on disc; clypeus angulately sinuate at middle, obtusely round at sides, very finely bordered, edge slightly upturned, glabrous; genae obtusely round, not ciliate; faintly protruding from the eyes; frontal suture finely impressed, front evenly, coarsely, regularly, not closely punctured throughout. Pronotum transverse, moderately convex, evenly, almost coarsely, almost regularly, not closely punctured; punctation somewhat sparser on disc; lateral margins feebly arcuate, finely bordered, edge glabrous; hind angles obtusely truncate; truncation slightly inwardly sinuate; base bisinuate, more or less strongly crenulate by a contiguous belt of coarse punctures. Scutellum elongate, almost smooth, distinctly striolate along lateral margins. Elytra oval elongate, moderately convex, not denticulate at shoulder; on disc, striae fine, superficially punctured, faintly crenulate; on preapical declivity, striae superficial, wider and not crenulate; on disc, interstriae convex, smooth, very shiny and with extremely fine sparse punctures; preapically, interstriae almost flat, superficially microreticulate, weakly shiny and more distinctly punctured. Hind tibiae upper spur shorter than first tarsal segment; first tarsal segment as long as following three segments combined. Male: aedeagus Fig. 76-77. Female: fore tibiae spur relatively more slender, elongate and somewhat outward curved.
Material examined. BRAZIL: Acre, Nueva York( 1 ex., male, typeof Aphodius (Blackburneus) castanescens Petrovitz, 1973, MHNG). COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Penas Blancas, IX-X.1986, leg. E. Cruz, M.T. ( 1 ex., DCGI); Cartago, Turrialba, 28.II.1980, leg. Howden H.& A. (37 exx., CNCI); idem, 06.VI.1951, leg. Cartwright O. L.( 1 ex., USNM); idem, m 650, 26.II.1980, leg. Howden H.& A. (5 exx., CNCI, DCGI); idem, 26.II.1980, leg. Howden H.& A., dung mega trap, Florenciasur woods ( 1 ex. CNCI); idem, m 600, 19-21.V.1979, leg. Howden H.& A., CATI (33 exx., CNCI); Heredia Pr., La Selva, nr. P.to Viejo, m 50, 19.II.1980, leg. Howden H.& A. (12 exx., CNCI); LimonP., Valle de la Estrella Pandora, 14.II.1984, leg. Howden H.& A. ( 1 ex., CNCI); Punt., Monteverde, m 140, 24.V.1979, leg. Howden H.& A. (8 exx., CNCI); Puntarenas Prov., Rincon de Osa, 10-15.VIII.1966, leg. Peck B.( 1 ex., CNCI); San JoséP., 2 Km S Colon, m 1100, 01-16.II.1984, leg. Howden H.& A. ( 1 ex., CNCI). ECUADOR: Pich[incha]. Prov., Rio Palenque, 24.II.1976, leg. Nealis V.(6 exx. CNCI, DCGI); Pich[incha]. Prov., 16 Km E Santo Domingo, Tinalandia, m 680, 04.V-25.VII.1985, leg. Peck S.& J., malaise-FIT, rain forest ( 1 ex., CNCI); MEXICO: Oaxaca: Ixtlán de Juárez, 17°20’07"N– 96°29’02"W, 19.IV.1993( 1 ex., DCGI). PANAMA: Canal Zone, 12-13.IX.1975, leg. Young P., human feces trap( 1 ex., DCGI); Canal Zone, Ciricito, 03.V.1930( 1 ex., USNM); Cerro Campana, m 3000, 02.VIII.1970, leg. Howden H.& A. (5 exx., CNCI); Chiriqui Prov., Cerro Pelota, m 1500, 01-14.VII.1982, leg. Gill B.(2 exx., DCGI, CNCI); idem, 4 Km N Sta. Clara, VIII.1952, leg. Gill B.(2 exx., CNCI); Chiriqui Prov., 2 Km N Sta. Clara, Hartmann’s Finca, 8°51’N– 82°46’W, m 1300, 24- 25.V.1977, leg. Howden H.& A. (2 exx., DCGI, CNCI); Chiriqui Prov., 2 KmN Sta. Clara, m 1300, W. Hartman’s Finca, 30-31.V.1977, leg. Howden H.& A. (8 exx., CNCI); idem, 8°51’N– 82°36’W, m 1300, 30- 31.V.1977, leg. Howden H.& A. ( 1 ex., CNCI); Chiriqui Prov., Hartmann’s Finca, 04-07.VII.1977, leg. Morris& Wappes, feces baited pitfall trap(2 exx., MCGA); Colon Prov., Santa Rita Ridge, m 270, 10- 11.VI.1977, leg. Howden H.& A. (9 exx., CNCI); Panama Prov., Cerro Azul, 13-18.II.1996, leg. Turnbow& Wappes, swine feces baited trap(2 exx., RHTC); idem, 12-13.V.1996, leg. Wappes, Huether& Morris( 1 ex., ISEA); idem, 21-27.V.1996, leg. Wappes, Huether& Morris( 1 ex., MCGA); Panama Prov., Cerro Jefe, 30.VI.1997, leg. Turnbow R.(2 exx., DCGI, RHTC); Panama[Prov.], Chepo-Carti Rd, m 400, VI.1982, leg Gill B., flight interception trap(2 exx., CNCI); Panama Prov., K 8-13 El Llano-Carti Rd, 10-13.V.1996, leg. Wappes, Huether& Morris( 1 ex., MCGA); idem, 21-24.V.1996, leg. Wappes, Huether& Morris(2 exx., MCGA); Panama Prov., Pipeline Rd K1-12, 15-22.II.1999, leg. Wappes J. E., feces baited pitfall trap( 1 ex., CNCI); [ Panama Prov.], Porto Bello[= Puerto Bello], 11.II.1911, leg. Schwarz E. A., ex horse manure ( 1 ex., male, typeof Aphodius chapini Hinton, 1934, USNM); Pan[ama]. [Prov.], Potrellos[=Potrerillos?], II.1934( 1 ex., male, typeof Aphodius ataenioides Hinton, 1938, USNM). PERU: Pucalpa, 11.VII.1992, leg. Peña L. E.(2 exx., DCGI). VENEZUELA: Carab[obo]., Borbureta, P. Cabella, m 200, 13.X.1985, leg. Bordon C.( 1 ex., DCGI); Miranda, Los Altos, m 1300, 24.XII.1983, leg. Bordon C.( 1 ex., DCGI); Miranda, El Amarillo, S. Antoniode los Altos, sector Los Moralitos, 10°21’N– 66°56’W, m 50, 20.II.2002, leg. Zunino M.(2 exx., DCGI); Parque Nacional de Rancho Grande, m 1300, 19.VII.1964, leg. Bordon C.( 1 ex., DCGI).
Distribution. Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico( Oaxaca), Panama, Peru, Venezuela.
Bionomics.Poorly known; the majority of specimens examined were collected in late winter and early spring.
Remarks.The new synonymies are established with the thorough study of the typesof involved taxa.
3766785455
MHNG
Brazil
Nueva York
18
17
1
Acre
3766785308
DCGI
E. Cruz
Costa Rica
Penas Blancas
18
17
1
Alajuela
3766785554
[419,1220,1301,1320]
1980-02-28
CNCI
Howden H.
Costa Rica
Turrialba
18
17
1
Cartago
3766785357
1951-06-06
USNM
Cartwright O. L.
Costa Rica
Turrialba
18
17
1
Cartago
3766785513
[632,1436,1333,1352]
1980-02-26
CNCI, DCGI
Howden H.
Costa Rica
Turrialba
18
17
1
Cartago
3766785424
[192,1274,1365,1384]
1980-02-26
CNCI
Howden H. & Florencia
Costa Rica
Turrialba
18
17
1
Cartago
3766785380
1979-05-19
1979-05-21
1979-05-19
CNCI
Howden H.
Costa Rica
Turrialba
18
17
1
Cartago
3766785553
1980-02-19
CNCI
La Selva & Howden H.
Costa Rica
Viejo
Pr.
18
17
1
Heredia
3766785530
1984-02-14
CNCI
Valle de la Estrella Pandora & Howden H.
Costa Rica
Limon
18
17
1
Limon
3766785543
[559,1436,1461,1480]
1979-05-24
CNCI
Howden H.
Costa Rica
Monteverde
Punt.
18
17
1
3766785562
[192,1113,1493,1512]
1966-08-10
1966-08-15
1966-08-10
CNCI
Peck B.
Costa Rica
Rincon de Osa
18
17
1
Puntarenas
3766785339
1984-02-01
1984-02-16
1984-02-01
CNCI
Km S Colon & Howden H.
Costa Rica
San Jose
18
17
1
San Jose
3766785378
1976-02-24
CNCI, DCGI
Nealis V.
Ecuador
Pich
Rio Palenque
Prov.
18
17
1
3766785391
1985-05-04
1985-07-25
1985-05-04
CNCI
Km E Santo Domingo & Peck S.
Ecuador
Pich
Tinalandia
Prov.
18
17
1
3766785406
1993-04-19
DCGI
Mexico
17.335278
Ixtlan de Juarez
21
-96.48389
18
17
1
Oaxaca
3766785490
1975-09-12
1975-09-13
1975-09-12
DCGI
Young P.
Panama
Canal Zone
18
17
1
3766785317
[777,1356,1653,1672]
1930-05-03
USNM
Panama
Ciricito
Canal Zone
18
17
1
3766785417
1970-08-02
CNCI
Howden H.
Panama
Cerro Campana
18
17
1
3766785523
1982-07-01
1982-07-14
1982-07-01
DCGI, CNCI
Gill B.
Panama
Cerro Pelota
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785384
1952-08
1982-07-14
1982-07-01
CNCI
Km N Sta. Clara & Gill B.
Panama
Cerro Pelota
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785467
1977-05-24
1977-05-25
1977-05-24
DCGI, CNCI
Howden H. & A.
Panama
8.85
Chiriqui Prov.
1300
-82.76667
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785355
1977-05-30
1977-05-31
1977-05-30
CNCI
W. Hartman's Finca & Howden H.
Panama
Sta. Clara
Km
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785492
1977-05-30
1977-05-31
1977-05-30
CNCI
Howden H.
Panama
8.85
Sta. Clara
1300
-82.6
Km
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785363
1977-07-04
1977-07-07
1977-07-04
MCGA
Morris & Wappes
Panama
Hartmann's Finca
18
17
1
Chiriqui
3766785485
1977-06-10
1977-06-11
1977-06-10
CNCI
Howden H.
Panama
19
18
Santa Rita Ridge
18
17
1
Colon
3766785434
1996-02-13
1996-02-18
1996-02-13
RHTC
Turnbow & Wappes
Panama
Cerro Azul
19
18
1
Panama
3766785343
1996-05-12
1996-05-13
1996-05-12
ISEA
Wappes & Huether & Morris
Panama
Cerro Azul
19
18
1
Panama
3766785364
[326,1119,264,283]
1996-05-21
1996-05-27
1996-05-21
MCGA
Wappes & Huether & Morris
Panama
Cerro Azul
19
18
1
Panama
3766785450
1997-06-30
DCGI, RHTC
Turnbow R.
Panama
Cerro Jefe
19
18
1
Panama
3766785528
1982-06
CNCI
Gill B.
Panama
Chepo-Carti Rd
19
18
1
Panama
3766785305
1996-05-10
1996-05-13
1996-05-10
MCGA
Wappes & Huether & Morris
Panama
Panama Prov.
19
18
1
Panama
3766785514
1996-05-21
1996-05-24
1996-05-21
MCGA
Wappes & Huether & Morris
Panama
Panama Prov.
19
18
1
Panama
3766785393
1999-02-15
1999-02-22
1999-02-15
CNCI
Pipeline Rd K & Wappes J. E.
Panama
Panama Prov.
19
18
1
Panama
3766785369
1911-02-11
USNM
Schwarz E. A.
Panama
Porto Bello
19
18
1
Panama
3766785401
1934-02
USNM
Panama
Potrellos
Pan
19
18
1
3766785452
1992-07-11
DCGI
Pena L. E.
Peru
Pucalpa
19
18
1
3766785501
1985-10-13
DCGI
Borbureta, P & Bordon C.
Venezuela
Cabella
Carab
19
18
1
3766785536
1983-12-24
DCGI
Bordon C.
Venezuela
Los Altos
19
18
1
Miranda
3766785519
2002-02-20
DCGI
Zunino M.
Venezuela
10.35
Los Moralitos
1298
-66.933334
Altos
19
18
1
Miranda
3766785399
1964-07-19
DCGI
Bordon C.
Venezuela
Parque Nacional de Rancho Grande
19
18
1