Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) subhyalinoides Balthasar, 1939

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 : 57

Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) subhyalinoides Balthasar, 1939 Plate 14B

Canthon subhyalinoides Balthasar, 1939d: 231 (original description, Type locality: Ecuador, Quevedo).

Canthon subhyalinoides : Blackwelder 1944: 202 (list of species from Latin America).

Glaphyrocanthon subhyalinoides : Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 665 (new combination, distribution).

Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) subhyalinoides : Halffter and Martínez 1977: 80 (list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 93 (cited for Ecuador).

Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) subhyalinus subhyalinoides : Rivera-Cervantes and Halffter 1999: 67 (cited as new status, diagnosis); Carvajal et al. 2011: 314-315 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 365 (catalog of the types of the NMPC).

Type specimens.

Canthon subhyalinoides Balthasar, 1939. One syntype examined deposited at the NMPC. Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

EL ORO: Salvias Río San José, 1200 m (2 specimens MUTPL). ESMERALDAS: Puerto Balao, 200 m (1 specimen MUTPL). GUAYAS: Río Congo, 35 m (4 specimens MUTPL). LOS RÍOS: Quevedo (1 specimen NMPC). MANABÍ: Ayampe, 35 m (1 specimen MUTPL); El Aromo, Río de los Napos, 280 m (2 specimens MGO-UC; 1 specimen CEMT); Embalse Daule Peripa, Bosque Protector Carrizal-Chone, 110 m (2 specimens MUTPL); RVS Pacoche, 340 m (7 specimens MGO-UC; 1 specimen CEMT); Puerto López Cerro La Gotera, Parque Nacional Machalilla, 350 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Puerto López Guale, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Puerto López Las Tunas, 200 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 50 m (2 specimens CEMT).

Literature records.

LOS RÍOS: Quevedo, Pichilingue 450 m ( Rivera-Cervantes and Halffter 1999: 67).

Temporal data.

Collected in March, April, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests, coastal lowland semi-deciduous forests, and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 35-1200 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.