Scatimus strandi 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 : 222-223

Scatimus strandi Balthasar, 1939 Plate 49C

Scatimus strandi Balthasar, 1939i: 87 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).

Scatimus strandi : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (catalog); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 575 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 139 (cited for Colombia); Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 64 (characters in key); 94 (redescription); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 357 (catalog of the types of the NMPC); Krajcik 2011: 238 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 81 (figure 4D), 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Scatimus strandi Balthasar, 1939. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NMPC (see Krajcik 2011: 357). Locality: Ecuador, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MUTPL; 3 specimens MQCAZ); Comunidad Unsuants, 900-1100 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (1 specimen MQCAZ). NAPO: Quebrada Granadillas Bosque Protector La Cascada, 1300 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (2 specimens MUTPL); Río El Salado-Río Quijos, 1280 m (1 specimen CEMT); Río Chonta Yacu, 1100 m, road Tena-Coca (4 specimens CEMT); PASTAZA: Mera, Estación Biologica Pindo Mirador ETE, 1000 m (1 specimen MUTPL). TUNGURAHUA: Baños El Topo, 1590 m (7 specimens CEMT). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Tundayme campamento Ecsa, Jardín Botánico, 925 m (1 specimen CEMT); Tundayme campamento Mirador, La Escombrera, 1225 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi, Pachikuntza, 1685 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO: Archidona; km 7.3 Sarayacú-Loreto Rd., 1200m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95); km 11.1 Sarayacú-Loreto Rd., 1200 m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95). SUCUMBÍOS: Reventador, 1400 m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95). TUNGARAHUA [= PASTAZA]: 6 km E Río Negro, 1500 m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95); 8 km E Río Negro, 1400m ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality ( Génier and Kohlmann 2003: 95; Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 357).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests across the Amazonian range from 900-1685 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.