Canthidium sp. 3

Cárdenas-Bautista, Johann Stephens, Parada-Alfonso, Jenny Andrea & Carvajal‑Cogollo, Juan E., 2020, Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Foothills-Andean Forest strip of Villavicencio, Colombia, Check List 16 (4), pp. 821-839 : 829-830

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.821

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2DE0C-A93D-C026-FCDE-33FBFE09E6AC

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Canthidium sp. 3
status

 

Canthidium sp. 3

Figure 4C

Materials examined. COLOMBIA • 1, 7.20 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda Buenavista, “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08′49.33″N, 073°41′05.32″W; 1174 m a.s.l.; 10 Feb. 2019; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; riparian forest; Bvbrt3; UPTC-In-00046 GoogleMaps . • 1, 7.20 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda El Carmen, Caño Blanco–Caño Buque ; 04°08′19.90″N, 073°40′04.15″W; 744 m a.s.l.; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; riparian forest; 16 Oct. 2018; Crbrt8; UPTC-In-00047 GoogleMaps .

Identification. This morphospecies can be distinguished from the other morphospecies of collected Canthidium by the presence of a cephalic carina with two projections in form of protuberances oriented towards the vertex; a strongly bidentate clypeus; pronotum smooth and finely dotted; body of dark gray–blue coloration (pers. obs.).

Distribution. This rare morphospecies accounted for

three individuals, which were found in the riparian forest between 850–1200 m a.s.l.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Canthidium

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