Eurysternus foedus Guerin-Meneville , 1830

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 : 137-139

Eurysternus foedus Guerin-Meneville, 1830 Plate 30B

Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830: 76. [pl. 21, figs 5, 5.a] (original description. Type locality: Brésil [= Brazil]).

Eurysternus foedus : Guérin-Méneville 1844: 76 (redescription); Castelnau 1840: 93 (comment); Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1024 (catalog, cited as Eurysternus foetidus Guér); Ohaus 1909: 94 (cited for Ecuador); Gillet 1911a: 25 (catalog); Pessôa and Lane 1941: 409 (redescription); Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list of species of Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 547 (characters in key); Halffter and Halffter 1976: 78 (redescription); Jessop 1985: 1093 (characters in key), 1102 (distribution); Medina et al. 2001: 135 (cited for Colombia); Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (cited for Panama); Morón 2003: 45 (cited for Mexico); Huerta et al. 2003: 24 (biology); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia); Génier 2009: 146 (diagnosis), 288 (characters in key); Camero 2010: 149 (characters in key) 153 (diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 107 (complete list of species); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited for Costa Rica); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) foedus : Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (cited for Brazil).

Eurysternus claudicans Kirsch, 1871: 344 (original description); Harold 1880a: 13 (distribution); Bates 1887: 39 (distribution); Gillet 1911a: 25 (catalog); Campos 1921: 57 (cited for Ecuador); Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list of species from Latin America); Howden and Young 1981: 14 (characters in key), 15 (redescription); Jessop 1985: 1102 (synonym of Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830); Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830); Génier 2009: 145 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830); Camero 2010: 153 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited as synonym of Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830).

Type specimens.

Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830. The neotype (♀) is deposited at the NHML (see Génier 2009: 146). Locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, 264 km N of Xavantina, Serra do Roncador, not examined.

Eurysternus claudicans Kirsch, 1871. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the SMTD (see Génier 2009: 146). Locality: Bogota (not examined).

Distribution.

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

ESMERALDAS: Colón del Ónzole (1 specimen MGO-UC; 3 specimens MECN); Gualpí del Ónzole (1 specimen MGO-UC); Kumanii Lodge, 40 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Majua (5 specimens MGO-UC; 4 specimens MECN); Palma Real (3 specimens MECN); Playa de Oro, Padre Santo (1 specimen MGO-UC; 1 specimen MECN); Playa de Oro, Playa Rica (2 specimens MGO-UC); Tsejpi (5 specimens MGO-UC; 4 specimens MECN). LOS RÍOS: Estación Científica río Palenque, 250 m (3 specimens MQCAZ). MANABÍ: Chone, Antenas de Radío El Día (1 specimen MQCAZ); Puerto López San Sebastian, 350 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Puerto López, Las Tunas, 200 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Puerto López 5 m (1 specimen MUTPL). MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Unsuants, 500-1110 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (5 specimens MECN); Indanza (2 specimens MECN); Nuevo Israel, 1290 m (1 specimen MUTPL). NAPO: Cotundo, Comunidad Rumiñahui, Kuriurcu (1 specimen MUTPL); Archidona, Santo Domingo de Hollín, Río Hollin, 635 m (1 specimen MUTPL). ORELLANA: Dayuma Campo Palanda, plataforma Primavera 1, 235 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Científica Yasuní Puce, 250 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (25 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, 220 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (4 specimens MGO-UC); Ines Arango road Tiwino-río Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 555-950 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Chuyayacu Oleoducto km 25, 200 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Centro Fátima km 9 road Puyo-Tena, 980 m (3 specimens MECN); Estación Biologica Pindo-Mirador UTE, 1000 m (1 specimen MUTPL). PICHINCHA: Llurimaguas Río Guayllabamba, 290 m, Pedro Vicente Maldonado (2 specimens MUTPL). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 50 m (73 specimens CEMT). SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS: Santo Domingo, Tinalandia Resort, 760 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Santo Domingo, Puerto Limón, 400 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Tarapoa Campo Marian, plataforma Fanny 5, 260 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

BOLIVAR: Chimbo ( Campos 1921: 57). COTOPAXI: Chugchilán, 2600 m ( Génier 2009: 153). ESMERALDAS: Bilsa ( Génier 2009: 153); Colón del Ónzole ( Génier 2009: 153); Estación Forestal La Chiquita, 11 km SE San Lorenzo, 5 m ( Génier 2009: 153); Gualpí del Ónzole ( Génier 2009: 153); Majua ( Génier 2009: 153); Pajonal ( Génier 2009: 153); Palma Real ( Génier 2009: 153); Prov. San Mateo ( Génier 2009: 153); Punta Venado ( Génier 2009: 153); Salto del Bravo ( Génier 2009: 153); San Mateo ( Génier 2009: 153). GUAYAS: Bucay ( Campos 1921: 57; Génier 2009: 153); Duran ( Campos 1921: 57); Naranjito ( Campos 1921: 57). GUAYAS [= SANTA ELENA]: 27 km S Puerto López, 76 km N de Santa Elena, 152 m ( Génier 2009: 153). LOS RÍOS: 47 km S Santo Domingo 213 m ( Génier 2009: 153); Estación Científica río Palenque, 250 m, 47 km S Santo Domingo ( Génier 2009: 153). Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Quevedo ( Génier 2009: 154); Río Palenque ( Génier 2009: 154). MANABÍ: 20 km N de Chone, 300 m ( Génier 2009: 154); 78 km NE Chone, 85 km WSW Santo Domingo, 450 m ( Génier 2009: 154); 90 km WSW de Santo Domingo, 73 km NE de Chone, 300 m ( Génier 2009: 154). NAPO: 10 km O Puerto Misahualli ( Génier 2009: 154); 12 km WSW Tena, 600 m ( Génier 2009: 154); 13 km SW Tena ( Génier 2009: 154); 20 km S Tena, 600 m ( Génier 2009: 154); 5 km O Tena, 500 m ( Génier 2009: 154); Capirona, Río Arajuno ( Génier 2009: 154); Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha, 21 km E Puerto Napo, 400 m ( Génier 2009: 154); Misahualli Jungle Lodge area, junction of Río Napo-Río Misahuallí, 579 m ( Génier 2009: 154); Río Jatun Yacu-Río Napo watershed ( Génier 2009: 154); Tena, 400-500 m ( Génier 2009: 154). ORELLANA: Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 154). PASTAZA: 22 km SE Puyo, 900 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Arajuno, 400-500 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Llandia 17 km N Puyo, 1000 m ( Génier 2009: 155). PICHINCHA: 113 km NW Quito on Puerto Quito road, 792 m; 5.3 km on road Pachijal, 2800-3000 m ( Génier 2009: 155). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: 4 km SE Santo Domingo, 500 m ( Génier 2009: 155); E. Alluriquin, Tinalandia, 700 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Río Silanche, 760 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Río Toachi, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ( Génier 2009: 155). Tinalandia, 16 km SE Santo Domingo, 680 m ( Génier 2009: 155). SUCUMBÍOS: 2 km N de Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Dureno Río Aguarico, 150 m ( Génier 2009: 155); Limoncocha, 250 m ( Génier 2009: 155). TUNGURAHUA: Baños ( Génier 2009: 155). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: El Salado ( Campos 1921: 57); San Rafael ( Campos 1921: 57).

Temporal data.

Collected every month of the year.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests, coastal lowland semi-deciduous forests, and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 5-790 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was recorded in the evergreen high montane forests from 2800-3000 m a.s.l. In the Amazon, it was recorded in the lowland evergreen forests and the foothill evergreen forests from 150-1100 m a.s.l. Collected manually and with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.