Aphodius ( Gonaphodiellus ) pacatus var. nigrinus Schmidt, 1916: 115 Aphodius ( Gonaphodiellus ) pacatus ab. nigrinus Dellacasa 1988: 97 Systematic revision of Gonaphodiellus taxa, with description of two new genera and fourteen new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) Dellacasa, Marco Dellacasa, Giovanni Gordon, Robert D. Insecta Mundi 2012 2012-04-06 2012 230 1 41 (Schmidt, 1916) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon 2012 Schmidt 1916 [192,775,200,219] Insecta Aphodiidae Gonaphodiellus Animalia Coleoptera 11 10 Arthropoda species nigrinus new status and new combination  ( Fig. 33-37)      Aphodius( Gonaphodiellus) pacatusvar. nigrinus Schmidt, 1916: 115.    Aphodius( Gonaphodiellus) pacatusab. nigrinus;  Dellacasa 1988: 97.    Typelocality.S[an]. Anton[io]., Curaray [ Peru].   Typerepository.Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. Stockholm( typeexamined).   Redescription.Length 3.5-4.0 mm; oval, convex, shiny, glabrous. Dark brown; clypeal margin, base and sides of pronotum, and elytral apex yellowish brown; legs brownish-yellow; antennal club brownish. Head with epistome feebly gibbous on disc, superficially alutaceous, finely evenly, not closely punctured; clypeus anteriorly subtruncate and thickly bordered, widely round and finely bordered at sides, edge glabrous; genae obtusely round, almost glabrous; faintly protruding from the eyes; eyes large; frontal suture extremely fine, obsolete laterally; front evenly sparsely punctured. Pronotum broadly transverse, moderately convex, dually punctured; large coarse punctures, four to five times larger than small ones, irregularly scattered; denser and coarser on sides, much sparser and superficial toward disc and therein lacking; small punctures not closely, evenly sparse throughout, more superficial and sparse medially; lateral margins feebly arcuate, rather finely bordered, edge glabrous; hind angles widely obliquely truncate, truncation feebly sinuate inwardly; base bisinuate. Scutellum rather narrowly elongate, somewhat concave; finely punctured on basal half. Elytra oval, broadened posteriorly, not denticulate at shoulder, finely striate; striae superficially punctured, feebly crenulate; interstriae finely alutaceous, almost flat, nearly imperceptibly sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae upper spur almost as long as first tarsal segment; first tarsal segment longer than following three segments combined. Male: head and pronotum relatively more transverse, less convex and less densely coarsely punctured; aedeagus Fig. 36-37. Female: head and pronotum relatively narrower anteriorly, more convex and more densely coarsely punctured.   Material examined.   ECUADOR: Napo Prov., Yasuni Research Station, 0°38’S- 76°36’W, m 250,  17- 31.X.1998, leg. Dozier B. K.( 1 ex., FSCA);  Napo Prov., Yasuni National Park, m 300,  09-17.VIII.2000, at light, leg. Sforzi A.& Bartolozzi L., at light (2 exx., DCGI, MZUF).   PERU:S[an]. Anton[io]., Curaray, … Ohs., 20.I.06 ( 1 female, syntype, RMS); S[an]. Anton[io]., Curaray( 1 female syntype, NHRS);  Iquitos, Peru,  28.I.1983, leg. Dellacasa E.& G., airport lights ( 1 ex., DCGI).   Distribution. Ecuador, Peru.    Bionomics.Unknown. One of the few specimens examined was collected at light. 3766785327 1998-10-17 1998-10-31 1998-10-17 FSCA Dozier B. K. Ecuador -0.6333333 Yasuni Research Station 1308 -76.6 11 10 1 Napo 3766785465 2000-08-09 2000-08-17 2000-08-09 DCGI, MZUF Sforzi A. & Bartolozzi L. Ecuador Yasuni National Park 11 10 1 Napo 3766785371 RMS Curaray & Ohs. Peru Anton 11 10 1 1 syntype 3766785495 NHRS Curaray Peru Anton 11 10 1 1 syntype 3766785504 [299,1254,1250,1269] 1983-01-28 DCGI Dellacasa E. Peru Peru Iquitos 11 10 1 syntype