Sylvicanthon seag Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 204

Sylvicanthon seag Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018

Fig. 76A

Sylvicanthon seag Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018: 123 (original description). Type locality: French Guiana: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni: Maripasoula: Saül: Bélvédère de Saül, 03°37′22″ N, 53°12′57″ W, 326 m a.s.l.

Sylvicanthon seag – Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 83 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

Paratypes

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 ♂; “93-51-07/08/06”; “NM 93 ej. 144542 / Anacoco / Edo. Bolívar, VEN / 93-T-051, heces, col. curso NM2006 / 07 ago 2006 12:25, 20h / Sylvicanthon bridarolli / Martínez, 19489 det. A. Solís ”; “77”; “ PARATYPE ♂ / Sylvicanthon seag / sp. nov. Cupello & / Vaz-de-Mello des. 2015, [yellow label]”; “CEMT / CUIABÁ / 00058130 [white label]”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “NM 93 ej. 144543 / Anacoco / Edo. Bolívar, VEN / 93-T-051, heces, col. curso NM2006 / 07 ago 2006 12:25, 20h / Sylvicanthon bridarolli / Martínez, 19489 det. A. Solís ”; “ PARATYPE ♀ / Sylvicanthon seag / sp. nov. Cupello & / Vaz-de-Mello des. 2015, [yellow label]”; “CEMT / CUIABÁ / 00058131 [white label]”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “VENEZ: Bolivar / 10km S El Dorado / 17.VII-7.VIII.86 / B.Gill 200m ”; “ PARATYPE ♀ / Sylvicanthon seag / sp. nov. Cupello & / Vaz-de-Mello des. 2015, [yellow label]”; “CEMT / CUIABÁ / 00058127 [white label]”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “VENEZ: Bolivar / Rio Chicanan / 40km SW El Dorado / 22- 23.VII.86/ B.Gill ”; “ PARATYPE ♀ / Sylvicanthon seag / sp. nov. Cupello & / Vaz-de-Mello des. 2015, [yellow label]”; “CEMT / CUIABÁ / 00058128 [white label]”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “ Ven: Bolivar / 10km N Corocito; 18.VI-3.VIII.87 / S & JPeck, FIT / R. Caura rainforest”; “ PARATYPE ♀ / Sylvicanthon seag / sp. nov. Cupello & / Vaz-de-Mello des. 2015, [yellow label]”; “CEMT / CUIABÁ / 00058129 [white label]”; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, Delta plain of the Orinoco River and coastal swamp of the San Juan River, Peneplain of the Caura and Paragua rivers, Peneplain of the Casiquiare River–Upper Orinoco, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, Andes mountains, Oriental Coast Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature record

Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 123 ( Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Mérida and Monagas).

Figures

Fig. 76. Species distribution. A. Sylvicanthon seag Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018. B. Tetraechma liturata (Germar, 1813). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.