Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926)
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Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926) |
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Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926) View in CoL Plate 29B
Pinotus fonsecae Luederwaldt, 1926: 135 (original description. Type locality: Macas).
Pinotus fonsecae : Luederwaldt 1929: 110 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1944: 207 (list of species of Latin America).
Dichotomius fonsecae : Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 91 (complete list of species); Carvajal 2012: 197 (redescription).
Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae : Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Pinotus fonsecae Luederwaldt, 1926. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MZUSP. Locality: Macas, Ecuador, examined.
Holotype (♂): "O. ECUADOR / Macas Feyer [p]", "TIPO [p, red label, black margin]", "Pinotus ♂ / fonsecae Lüd / Lüd. det. 23 [hw]", "25904 [p]".
Distribution.
Only known from Ecuador.
Records examined.
MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas (1 specimen MZUSP); San Isidro, Cordillera de Domoso Alto, 1680 m (1 specimen MEPN). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Cordillera del Cóndor, Colibrí, 1445 m (1 specimen MEPN).
Literature records.
MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Luederwaldt 1926: 135).
Temporal data.
Collected in November and December.
Remarks.
Inhabits the lower evergreen montane forests in the Amazonian range from 1445-1680 m a.s.l. Collected manually and with pitfall traps baited with human feces.
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