Scatimus monstrosus Balthasar, 1939

Chamorro, William, Marin-Armijos, Diego, senjo, Angelico & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records, ZooKeys 826, pp. 1-343 : 220-221

Scatimus monstrosus Balthasar, 1939 Plate 48D

Scatimus monstrosus Balthasar, 1939i: 88 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador: Loja, Sigiro, Arenal, Catamayo, Ciano).

Scatimus monstrosus : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (catalog); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 576 (characters in key); Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 63 (characters in key); 97 (redescription); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 356 (catalog of types NMPC); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2011: 356 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Scatimus furcatus Balthasar, 1939. The lectotype (♂) and three paralectotype are deposited at the NMPC (see Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98). Locality: Ecuador, Loja, not examined.

Distribution.

Ecuador and Peru.

Records examined.

LOJA: 5 km N de Gonzanama, 2400 m (1 specimen CEMT); Cariamanga (3 specimens MQCAZ); Cariamanga, Utuana, 2500 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Jimbura, 2100 m (1 specimen CEMT); Olmedo (2 specimens MQCAZ); Sozoranga (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

LOJA: Catamayo ( Balthasar 1939i: 89; Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98); Ciano ( Balthasar 1939i: 89; Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98); Hacienda El Arenal ( Balthasar 1939i: 89; Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98; Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 357); Hacienda Sigiro ( Balthasar 1939i: 89; Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98; Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 357). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 98; Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 356).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, and May.

Remarks.

Inhabits the montane cloud forests and the evergreen high montane forests of the Andean region from 2100-2500 m a.s.l. The collection method is unknown.