Cryptocanthon napoensis Cook, 2002

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 : 77

Cryptocanthon napoensis Cook, 2002 Plate 18A

Cryptocanthon napoensis Cook, 2002: 76 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Napo, 4200'/ 17 km NE Baeza; 4 km SW Chaco).

Cryptocanthon napoensis : Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 82 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 81 (figures 4A and 4E), 93 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Cryptocanthon napoensis Cook, 2002. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Cook 2002: 76). Locality: Ecuador, Napo, 4200'/ 17 km NE Baeza; 4 km SW Chaco, not examined.

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

NAPO: Las Palmas, Cuchilla San Pedro, 2000 m (2 specimens CEMT; 12 specimens MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO: 7 km S Baeza 2000 m ( Cook 2002: 76); 17 km NE Baeza; 4 km SW Chaco, 4200' ( Cook 2002: 76).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, and April.

Remarks.

Inhabits the montane cloud forests of the Andean region at 1300 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.