Cryptocanthon curticrinis 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 : 75-77

Cryptocanthon curticrinis Cook, 2002 Plate 17C

Cryptocanthon curticrinis Cook, 2002: 59 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Napo Prov. Limoncocha, 250 m [= currently Sucumbíos Prov]).

Cryptocanthon curticrinis : 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 curticrinis Cook, 2002. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Cook 2002: 59). Locality: Napo Prov. Limoncocha, not examined.

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Literature records.

NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Río Tiputini, Parque Nacional Yasuní ( Cook 2002: 59). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Limoncocha, 250 m ( Cook 2002: 59).

Temporal data.

Collected in June.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 250 m a.s.l. According to Cook (2002), this species was collected by sifting leaf litter and processing samples with Berlese method.