Onthophagus (Onthophagus) clypeatus Blanchard, 1843

Onthophagus clypeatus Blanchard, 1843: 182 (original description. Type locality: province of Santa-Cruz de la Sierra).

Remarks.

This species was recorded for Ecuador by the following authors: Boucomont (1932: 322) in the localities of Loja and Cordillère orientale Sabanilla; Pulido-Herrera and Zunino (2007: 99), catalog of species, distribution; Carvajal et al. (2011: 322-323) quoting Boucomont (1932).

It is possible that Boucomont (1932) refers to a different species also belonging to the clypeatus group. According to our data, there are no other records of this species in the collections listed.