Dichotomius (Dichotomius) prietoi Martinez & Martinez , 1982

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 : 114-116

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) prietoi Martinez & Martinez, 1982 Plate 26B

Dichotomius (D) prietoi Martínez & Martínez, 1982: 3 (original description. Type locality: Departamento de Cochabamba, provincia de Chaparé, Chimoré, 250-450 m).

Dichotomius prietoi : Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (cited for Brazil); Medina et al. 2001: 138 (cited for Colombia); Krajcik 2012: 92 (complete list of species); Sarmiento- Garcés and Amat-García 2014: 108 (comment table 2); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru).

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) prietoi : Chamorro et al. 2018: 94 (cited for Ecuador).

Types specimens.

Dichotomius (D) prietoi Martínez & Martínez, 1982. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MACN. Locality: Boliva, Dpto. Cochabamba, Chimore, 250 m. Examined.

Holotype: "Ene: 972 / BOLIVIA / D° Cachabamba / Pcia Chapare / Chimore, 250 m / Coll. Martínez [hw]", "Dichotomius (D.) prietoi / sp. nov. / ♂ A. Martínez y / A. MARTÍNEZ DET. 1981 [p and hw, pink label, black margin]", "MACN-En / 1574 [p]", "HOLOTYPUS [p, orange label]".

Distribution.

Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Comunidad Angel Rouby Sitio 8, Cordillera del Kutukú, 1300 m (9 specimens MQCAZ); Comunidad Unsuants sitio 3, Cordillera del Kutukú, 700 m (1 specimen MUTPL; 11 specimens MQCAZ). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Tundayme campamento Mirador, San Marcos, 900 m (3 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador, Escombrera Norte, 1245 m (2 specimens MUTPL); road Namirez-Zamora km 1, 1000 m (4 specimens MQCAZ); Río Nangaritza, 1000 m (3 specimens MQCAZ); Zurmi, Comunidad La Wants, 1010 m (2 specimens MEPN; 2 specimens MUTPL); Zurmi, Reserva Maycu, 875 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Comunidad La Wants, 1010 m (2 specimens MUTPL; 2 specimens MEPN); Zurmi Las Orquideas Río Nangaritza, 870 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, April, May, July, August, September, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the foothill evergreen forests across the Amazonian range from 700-1300 m a.s.l. Collected manually and with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.