Mecopelidnota Bates, 1904

Paucar-Cabrera, Aura, 2005, A catalog and distributional analysis of the Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Ecuador, Zootaxa 948 (1), pp. 1-92 : 42-43

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.948.1.1

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scientific name

Mecopelidnota Bates, 1904
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Mecopelidnota Bates, 1904

Mecopelidnota arrowi Bates, 1904

Distribution. Recorded at 1300 m. Subtropical west.

Locality Data. 2 specimens examined from QCAZ. Additional records from Machatschke (1972): Azuay (2): Valle de Yunguilla. Guayas (1): Guayaquil .

Temporal Data. January (2).

Mecopelidnota cylindrica Waterhouse, 1876 Distribution. Recorded at 5 m. Tropical southwest. Locality Data. 2 specimens examined from USNM: Guayas: Guayaquil. El Salado Temporal Data. January (1).

Mecopelidnota obscura (Taschenburg, 1870)

Distribution. Recorded from 10–1216 m. Tropical southwest, subtropical east.

Locality Data. 2 specimens examined from QCAZ: Guayas (1): Isla Puná. Loja (1): La Toma .

Temporal Data. March (1), April (1).

Mecopelidnota witti Ohaus, 1913 *

Distribution. Recorded at 1240–2700 m. Subtropical west.

Locality Data. 2 specimens examined from BCRC and QCAZ. Additional record from Ohaus (1913): Azuay (1): Oña. Loja (2): Loja, Olmedo .

Temporal Data. January (1), February (1).

Machatschke, J. W. (1972) Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae, Rutelinae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, 66, 1 - 361.

Ohaus, F. (1913) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ruteliden. (Col.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1913, 487 - 511.

QCAZ

Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador

BCRC

Bioresource Collection and Research Center

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Rutelidae

Genus

Mecopelidnota