Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
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Chamorro, William
Author
Marin-Armijos, Diego
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senjo, Angelico
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Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.826.26488
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Canthon sericatus Schmidt, 1922
Plate 15A
Canthon
sericatus
Schmidt, 1922: 92 (original description, type locality: Argentinien [= Argentina], Salinas).
Canthon sericatus
:
Balthasar 1939d
: 186 (characters in key);
Martinez
1959
: 42 (cited for
Argentina
);
Vulcano and Pereira 1964
: 630 (catalog of species); Halffter and
Martinez
1977: 71 (list of species);
Krajcik 2012
: 64 (complete list of species);
Ratcliffe et al. 2015
: 195 (cited for Peru);
Chamorro et al. 2018
: 93 (cited for Ecuador);
Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b
: 67 (lectotype designated), figs 97 and 98.
Canthon sericatum
:
Blackwelder 1944
: 201 (misspelled name, list of species for Latin America).
Type specimens.
Canthon sericatus
Schmidt, 1922. The lectotype (♂) is deposited at the SMTD (see
Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018b
: 67, figure 98). Locality: Salinas, Beni, examined.
Lectotype (♂): "Salinas / Beni B vii. 95 / M. Stuart [p]", "Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [p, green label, black margin]", "Typus [red label]", "canthon / sericatus / n. sp. a. Schmidth [hw]", "LECTOTYPE ♂ / Canthon / sericatus / Schmidt / des. F.Z.Vaz-de-Mello, 2014 [hw and p, red label, black margin]".
Distribution.
Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.
Records examined.
PASTAZA: Amazanga Norte del Puyo, 1000 m (1 specimen CEMT).
Temporal data.
Collected in November.
Remarks.
Inhabits the foothill evergreen forests in the Amazon region at 1000 m a.s.l. Collected with light trap.