Eurysternus wittmerorum Martinez , 1988

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Eurysternus wittmerorum Martinez, 1988 Plate 32D

Eurysternus wittmerorum Martínez, 1988a: 284 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, provincia de Napo, Lago Agrio [= currently provincia de Sucumbíos], 250 m).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) s. str. wittmerorum : Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (cited for Brazil).

Eurysternus wittmerorum : Génier 2009: 56 (diagnosis), 281 (characters in key); Camero 2010: 150 (characters in key), 159 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 107 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 78 (figure 1B), 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Eurysternus wittmerorum Martínez, 1988. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MACN (see Génier 2009: 56). Locality: Ecuador, provincia de Napo, Lago Agrio 250 m, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Surinam.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Bloque 31 Parque Nacional Yasuní, 200 m (1 specimen MECN); Comunidad Kiwcha Chiruisla Station, 180-250 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Daimi 1 (2 specimens CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ); Estación Cientifica Yasuní, 200 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (28 specimens MQCAZ); El Dorado, plataforma Guarango, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, 220 m (5 specimens MUTPL); Ines Arango road Tiwino-río Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata, 345 m (1 specimen MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Shamanal Campo Palo Azul, 345 m (1 specimen MGO-UC); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL); SC Yasuní (1 specimen CEMT; 4 specimen MQCAZ); Yampuna (2 specimens MQCAZ); Yuturi (1 specimen MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 660-810 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Cascales, 400 m, Pozo Ruby 1 (1 specimen MUTPL); La Selva Bio Station 175 km E.S.E del Coca (2 specimens MQCAZ); Trocha Zábalo-Guepi km 10, Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno (1 specimen MUTPL); Tarapoa Campo Marian, 260 m, plataforma Fanny 5 (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO [= ORELLANA]: SCyasuni, 200 m ( Génier 2009: 57). ORELLANA: Estación Cientifica Yasuní, PUCE, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 57); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 220 m ( Génier 2009: 58). SUCUMBÍOS: 2 km N de Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 58); Dureno Río Aguarico, 150 m ( Génier 2009: 58); Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 58); Lago Agrio, 250 m ( Martínez 1988a: 286).

Temporal data.

Collected in all months except December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 150-810 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.