Cryptocanthon otonga 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 : 77-78

Cryptocanthon otonga Cook, 2002 Plate 18B

Cryptocanthon otonga Cook, 2002: 77 (original description. Type locality: Cotopaxi, Otonga, 2000 m).

Cryptocanthon otonga : Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 16 (catalog of types of the MQCAZ); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 82 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 93 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Cryptocanthon otonga Cook, 2002. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MQCAZ. Locality: Otonga, 2000 m, examined.

Holotype (♂): "COTOPAXIECUADOR / OTONGA 2000m / 0°25'S, 79°0'W / 24MAR 1999 TEnríquez [p]", "Ex: Primary forest / Pitfall Trap / Human dung [p]", "HOLOTYPE / Cryptocanthon / otonga / Cook [p, red label]".

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga, 2000 m (9 specimens CEMT); Bosque Integral Otonga 2000 m (2 specimens MQCAZ).

Literature records.

COTOPAXI: Bosque Integral Otonga ( Cook 2002: 77; Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 16).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, April, and August.

Remarks.

Inhabits the montane cloud forests of the Andean region at 2000 m a.s.l. According to Cook (2002), this species was collected with pitfall traps baited with human excrements and NTP80 traps (necrotrap).