Aphotaenius plaumanni Cartwright, 1963

Figs. 11, 50–52

Aphotaenius plaumanni Cartwright 1963: 49–50, fig. 4; Chalumeau 1983: 4, fig. 4; Stebnicka 2009: 41, fig. 58.

Haroldiataenius plaumanni (Cartwright); Chalumeau 1983: 2, fig. 4 (lapsus calami).

Diagnosis. Length 2.6–2.7 mm (Figs. 50–52). This species is distinguished by the head with a large band of punctures posteriorly of same size as on clypeus, clypeal margin thin and rounded on each side (lacking teeth) (Fig. 11), coarse pronotal punctures restricted to posterior half, epipharynx not examined, pronotal posterior margin extended posteriorly and lobe-like, metaventrite finely punctate, and elytral intervals evenly convex. It is known from southeastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina).

Type. “ Brasil / Rio Grande do Sul Sinimbu / IX-[19]60. F. Plaumann ” [red border and red holotype, rest handwritten], “ HOLOTYPE / Aphotaenius / plaumanni / Cartwright” [red paper, black border], “HOLOTYPE / Aphotaenius / plaumanni / Cartwright / USNM 66828 ”, “USNMENT / [QR Code] / 01350551”. Deposited in NMNH, examined .

Material Examined. (n = 7) BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Sinimbu, [29° 300 52° 300, 200 m; ex Cartwright 1963], IX-1960, F. Plaumann (1 paratype CNIC); Barras Cassal, IX-1960, F. Plaumann, at light (2 paratypes CMNC); Santa Cruz do Sul, Cerro Alegre, Forest (P9), 29° 4801700 S, 52° 1905900 W, 24-XII-2011, R. Bohn, pitfall bovine feces (1 CEMT, 1 FSCA). Santa Catarina: Chapecó, 27° 070 52° 360, 600 m, VII-1960, F. Plaumann (1 paratype CNIC); Nova Teutonia, 27° 110, 52° 230, 300- 600 m, IV-1947, F. Plaumann (1 paratype CNIC).

Although the specimen was not studied, Cartwright (1963) reported one paratype from the Nova Teutonia locality collected VIII-1952.

Remarks. Specimens were collected in pig dung and at light.