Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) batesi Paulian, 1938

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Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) batesi Paulian, 1938 Plate 22B

Deltochilum (D.) batesi Paulian, 1938: 286 (original description. Type locality: Équateur [= Ecuador], Sarayacu, Macas, Loja).

Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) batesi : Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 653 (catalog of species, distribution); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 557 (characters in key); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 94 (cited for Ecuador).

Deltochilum batesi : Blackwelder 1944: 202 (list of species from Latin America); Krajcik 2012: 88 (complete list of species).

Type specimens.

Deltochilum (Deltochilum) batesi Paulian, 1938. Three syntypes are deposited at the MNHM (ex coll. D. Sharp). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Syntype (♂): "Sarayacu Ecuador / Bucley 1879 [hw]", “Ex-Musæo / D. Sharp 1890 [p, black margin]", "R. Paulian / Vidit [p, black margin]", “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1952 / coll. R. OBERTHÜR [p]", "-TYPE- / DELTOCHILUM / BATESI / PAULIAN / Dét. F. Génier, 1998 [p and hw, black margin]", "SYNTYPE [p, red label]", "MNHN / EC2493 [p, black margin]".

Syntype (♀): "Equateur / Loja / Abbe Gaujon [p, black margin]", "D. Batesi Paul. / R. Paulian det. [p and hw]", “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1952 / coll. R. OBERTHÜR [p]", "SYNTYPE [p, red label]", "MNHN / EC2497 [p, black margin]".

Syntype (♂): "Sarayacu Ecuador / Bucley 1879 [hw]", “Ex-Musæo / D. Sharp 1890 [p, black margin]", "Museun Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthur [p, green label]".

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Estación Científica Yasuní, 250 m (1 specimen CEMT); Río Tiputini Yasuní Res. (1 specimen CEMT); Rodrigo Borja IAMOE (5 specimens CEMT); Yampuna (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: Sarayacu (2 specimens MNHN). LOJA: without specific locality (1 specimen MNHN).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Paulian 1938: 286).

Temporal data.

Collected in January and September.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 250 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion.