Scatimus furcatus 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

Scatimus furcatus Balthasar, 1939 Plate 48C

Scatimus furcatus Balthasar, 1939i: 88 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).

Scatimus furcatus : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (catalog); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 576 (characters in key); Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 64 (characters in key); 89 (redescription); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 356 (catalog of types NMPC); Krajcik 2011: 356 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 80 (figure 3H), 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Scatimus furcatus Balthasar, 1939. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the NMPC (see Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 91). Locality: Ecuador, not examined.

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

PICHINCHA: Cerro San Cristobal Curipoglio, 1800 m (1 specimen CEMT); Choconde San Miguel de los Bancos, 1200 m (1 specimen CEMT); E.B. La Hesperia, 1200 m (1 specimen CEMT); Mindo, 1500 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); road to Chiriboga, 1400 m (1 specimen MQCAZ).

Literature records.

PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: 29 km E Alluriquín ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 91). PICHINCHA: Chiriboga Rd., 1400m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 91); La Armenia, 1400m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 91); Mindo, 1500m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 91).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, March, June, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen lower montane forests of the Andean region from 1400-1800 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.