Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas (Perty, 1830) Plate 46D

Onitis chalcomelas Perty, 1830: 40 (original description. Type locality: Habitat in mediterraneis Prov. S. Pauli et Minarum [= South America]).

Phanaeus chalcomelas: Harold 1859: 198 (transferred to the Phanaeus Macleay 1819, comment); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1017 (catalog); Nevinson 1892: 2 (catalog, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 82 (catalog, distribution); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 40 (characters in key); 98 (redescription), 152 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 574 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Phanaeus (Phanaeus) chalcomelas: Pessôa 1934: 305 (characters in key), 312 (redescription).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas: Edmonds 1994: 27 (characters in key), 28 (redescription), 100 (distribution); Vitolo 2000: 597 (characters in key); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (cited for Brazil); Arnaud 2002a: 84 (diagnosis); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (distributional records from Bolivia); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 134 (distribution of records for Peru); Boilly et al. 2016: 90 (characters in key); 93 (figures 21a, 21b and 21c); 96 (cited for Guyana); Chamorro et al. 2018: 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas chalcomelas: Arnaud 2002a: 85 (diagnosis); Vitolo 2004: 285 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Onitis chalcomelas Perty, 1830. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the ZSM (see Edmonds 1994: 29). Locality: Brasilia [=Brazil], not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MECN); Comunidad Unsuants, 700 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (3 specimens MECN). NAPO: Jatun Sacha, 500 m (3 specimens MECN); sur oeste de Puerto Napo, 535 m, Pungarayacu (1 specimen MQCAZ). ORELLANA: Comunidad Kiwcha Chiruisla Station, 180-250 m (7 specimens MQCAZ); Dayuma Campo Palanda plataforma Primavera 1, 235 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Daimi (3 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, 290 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (2 specimens MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata, 345 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Yasuní Puce BS, 250 m, Río Tiputini (18 specimens MQCAZ); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Yampuna; Zamona-Yuturi (2 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 645-810 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Estación Biológica Pindo Mirador UTE, 1000 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Lago Agrio, 250 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Limoncocha, 220 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Pacayacu Campo Libertador, Tapi, 265 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Pañayacu Las Palmeras del Ecuador, 270 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); RPF Cuyabeno (4 specimens MQCAZ); Sacha Lodge, 270 m (2 specimens MQCAZ); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macuma (Edmonds 1994: 100). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Lago Agrio, 250 m (Edmonds 1994: 100); Limoncocha, 250 m (Edmonds 1994: 100).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, and December.

Remarks .

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 180-1300 m a.s.l. Collected manually and using canopy fogging methods, flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.