Eurysternus balachowskyi Halffter & Halffter, 1976

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Eurysternus balachowskyi Halffter & Halffter, 1976

Fig. 46A

Eurysternus balachowskyi Halffter & Halffter 1976: 65 (original description). Type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne: Camopi, Oyapock River, Îlet Massikiri. Name-bearing type: holotype (MNHN) ( Génier 2009), not examined.

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) balthasari Martínez, 1988b: 294 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Amapá: Serra do Navío. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), examined by MC.

Eurysternus balachowskyi – Halffter et al. 1980: 613 (biology, cited for “ Guiana ”). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 46 (biology). — Huerta et al. 2003: 15 (biology). — Quintero & Roslin 2005: appendix A (ecology). — Feer 2008: 62 (ecology, list); 2013: 767 (list for French Guiana). — Génier 2009: 103 (revision). — Krajcik 2012: 63 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Ratcliffe 2013: 493 (list, cited for Brazil). — Feer & Boissier 2015: 169 (list). — Boilly 2018: 36, 37 (key, distribution). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 85 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Storck-Tonon et al. 2020: 2426 (diversity).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) balthasari – Génier 2009: 103 (cited as synonym).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 2 specs; Isla de Anacoco ; 9 Aug. 2006; curso. NM2006 leg.; faeces, 52h, 13:02; CEMT .

Subregions of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Caura and Paragua rivers, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, and Guiana Shield.

Distribution

Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil ( Génier 2009).

Literature records

Génier 2009: 103 ( Venezuela: Bolívar). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco). — Boilly 2018: 37 ( Venezuela).

Figures

Fig. 46. Species distribution. A. Eurysternus balachowskyi Halffter & Halffter, 1976. B. Eurysternus caribaeus (Herbst, 1789). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.