Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon (Erichson, 1847) Plate 17B

Phanaeus telamon Erichson, 1847: 106 (original description, without type locality).

Phanaeus telamon: Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1019 (list, distribution, written as C. Telamon Erichs); Kirsch 1873: 341 (cited for Peru, written as C. Telamon Erichs); Bates 1887: 56 (diagnosis); Nevinson 1892: 7 (list of species for the genus Phanaeus Macleay, 1819, written as C. Telamon Erichson); Gillet 1911a: 86 (complete list of species, written as C. Telamon Er); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 26 (characters in key), 68 (distribution); Balthasar 1941: 350 (cited for Peru); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (list of species for Latin America); Balthasar 1951: 336 (cited for Peru); Pereira 1953: 391 (catalog of species).

Phanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon: Pessôa 1934: 296 (characters in key); 299 (redescription); Martínez 1947: 114 (cited); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 572 (characters in key).

Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon var. telamon: Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 233 (cited as new combination); Arnaud 2002a: 35 (redescription); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (cited for Bolivia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Coprophanaeus telamon: Vitolo 2000: 599 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Vitolo 2004: 290 (redescription); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species, cited as species of the genus Phanaeus Macleay, 1819).

Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) telamon: Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192 (cited for Brazil); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 77 (characters in key); 91 (cited as recombination, redescription); Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2013a: 367 (distribution); Figueroa et al. 2014: 127 (distribution of records for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 93 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Phanaeus telamon Erichson, 1847. The holotype (♂) is deposited in the SMTD (see Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 91). Locality: without specific locality, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Untsuants, 700 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (21 specimens MECN); Nuevo Israel, Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MUTPL); km 8 road Mendez-Paute, 1250 m (1 specimen CEMT). NAPO: La Merced de Jondachi Río Jondachi, 1100 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Pacto Sumaco, Cotundo, 1500 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Shiqui cerca al Tena, 485 m, Pungarayacu (1 specimen MQCAZ); Tena, 400 m (15 specimens CEMT). ORELLANA: Bloque 16, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); Bloque 31, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 210 m (3 specimens MECN); Dayuma Campo Hormiguero, plataforma Hormiguero, 320 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Dayuma Campo Palanda, LLumpac, 295 m (1 specimen MGO-UC); Dayuma, Campo Palanda Yuca 13, 255 m (1 specimen MGO-UC); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimens MUTPL); Eden Yuturí Bloque 15, 225 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Biológica Yasuní, 215 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini Torre, 220 m, Parque Nacional Yasuni (3 specicmen MUTPL); Rodrigo Borja IAMOE (7 specimens CEMT; 19 specimens MECN); San Sebastian del Coca, 345 m, Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata (2 specimens MUTPL). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 660-810 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Nuevo San Jose del Curaray, 245 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Mera Estación Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (4 specimens CEMT). SUCUMBÍOS: Aucayacu Río El Eno, 16 km de Lago Agrio, 290 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Laguna Grande de Cuyabeno, 250 m, Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno (10 specimens MECN); Pacayacu Campo Libertador, 260 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Sacha, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Sansahuari, 255-290 m, Pozo Singüe (1 specimen MUTPL); Tarapoa plataforma Fanny 18B60, 245 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Tundayme, 800 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme, campamento Mirador, Tambo 3, 1055 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi, Comunidad La Wants, 1010 m (2 specimens MGO-UC; 1 specimen MEPN).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Untsuants, Cordillera de Cutucú [= Kutukú], 600 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92). NAPO: 0.6 km E Río Arajuno, 380 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); 3.3 km E Puerto Napo (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); 12 km WSW Tena, 600 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); 20 km S Tena (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); 21 km E Puerto Napo, Jatun Sacha Biological Station (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); 24.5 km E Ahuano (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); 29 km E, 1.5 km N San Pedro de Arajuno, 360 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Aliñahui, 24 km E Atahualpa (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Archidona (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Ávila (Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 234); Talag Pimpilata, 750 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); Tena, 400 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92). ORELLANA: Daimi (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Payamino Research Station, 400 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Puerto Franciso de Orellana [= El Coca] (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); Tiputini Biological Station, 220 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Yampuna (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Yasuní Biological Station, 215 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92). PASTAZA: 22 km SE Puyo (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Llandia, 17 km N Puyo, 1000 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Puyo, 940 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93). SUCUMBÍOS: 2 km N Limoncocha, 250 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Dureno, Río Aguarico (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 92); Lago Agrio, 200 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Limoncocha, 250 m (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93). TUNGURAHUA: Baños (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93); Río Negro (Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 93).

Temporal data.

Collected in collected every month of the year.

Remarks .

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests, varzea forests, the foothill evergreen forests and lower evergreen montane forests in the Amazonian range from 200-1500 m a.s.l. Species was collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.