Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880

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Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880

Fig. 50B

Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880: 14 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Boyacá: Muzo. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Jessop (1985), not examined.

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) joffrei Martínez, 1988b: 290 (original description). Type locality: Peru: Huánuco: Leoncio Prado: Tingo María: Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), examined by MC.

Eurysternus plebejus – Ohaus 1909: 94 (cited for Ecuador). — Gillet 1911b: 26 (catalogue). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list). — Roze 1955: 41 (checklist for Venezuela). — Halffter & Matthews 1966: 146 (cited for Ecuador). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 547 (key). — Howden & Young 1981: 14, 15 (key, redescription). — Jessop 1985: 1093, 1100 (key, distribution). — Escobar 1997: 422, 423 (diversity); 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Maes 1998: 654 (list for Nicaragua). — Barbero 2001: 5 (cited for Nicaragua). — Medina et al. 2001: 135 (cited for Colombia). — Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (checklist for Panama). — Bustos-Gómez & Lopera-Toro 2003: 61 (diet). — Morón 2003: 44 (cited for Mexico). — Noriega 2004: 40 (checklist for Tinigua Park, Colombia). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (checklist). — Noriega et al. 2007: 82 (list for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Génier 2009: 172, 289 (diagnosis, key). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 61 (diversity). — Camero 2010: 150, 168 (key, diagnosis). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 314–315 (cited for Ecuador). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 65 (guide). — Krajcik 2012: 107 (list). — Silva et al. 2016: 7 (ecology, biogeography). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru). — Boilly 2018: 36–37 (key, distribution). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 149 (catalogue). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 88 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) plebejus – Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (checklist for Brazil).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) joffrei – Génier 2009: 172 (synonym of E. plebejus ). — Camero 2010: 168 (cited as synonym of E. plebejus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited as synonym of E. plebejus ).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Táchira • 1 spec.; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay ; 200 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°23′11.9″ N, 68°50′49.41″ W; 1380 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Assmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, System of hills and low sierras Lara-Falcón, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, Serrania de Perija, Central Coast Mountain Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Roze 1955: 41 ( Venezuela: Aragua and Zulia). — Howden & Young, 1981: 15 ( Venezuela). — Jessop 1985: 1101 ( Venezuela).— Martínez 1988b: 290 ( Venezuela: Aragua). — Barbero 2001:5 ( Venezuela).— Génier 2009: 172 ( Venezuela: Aragua; Bolívar; Carabobo; Distrito Capital and Miranda). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (Miranda: Altos de Pipe and Yaracuy: Hacienda Guáquira). — Boilly 2018: 36, 37 ( Venezuela). — Chamorro et al. 2019: 149 ( Venezuela).

Figures

Fig. 50. Species distribution. A. Eurysternus mexicanus Harold, 1869. B. Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.