Ateuchus, Weber, 1801
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.821 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2DE0C-A933-C029-FCDE-3440FBFDE389 |
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Marcus |
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Ateuchus |
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Ateuchus View in CoL cf. aenomicans
Materials examined. COLOMBIA • 1, 4.74 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda El Carmen, “Las Pesebreras” Farm ; 04°08′21.52″N, 073°39′37.54″W; 648 m a.s.l.; 28 Apr. 2019; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg., Open pasture; Crplt5; UPTC-In-00039 GoogleMaps . • 4, 4.74 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda El Carmen, “La Loma” Farm ; 04°08′30.69″N, 073°40′00.06″W; 729 m a.l.s 27 Dec. 2018; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; wooded pasture; CrPat1; UPTC-In-00040 GoogleMaps .
Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Ateuchus species by the oval and compact body, smooth head that is slightly rough towards the front, clipped carapace, the pronotum with individual punctation grouped towards the anteromedial border ( Harold 1868b).
Distribution. This species is distributed in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama and is common in gallery forests, uncommon in mainland forests, floodplains and secondary forests, with an altitudinal distribution up to 800 m a.s.l. For the study area, we observed that this species could move interchangeably between wooded areas and wooded grasslands, between 700–850 m a.s.l. Ateuchus cf. aenomicans is a rare species (60 individuals) and its greatest abundance was recorded in wooded pastures (33 individuals), followed by the high secondary forest (16 individuals) and riparian forest relics (10 individuals).
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