Copris (Copris) davidi Darling & Genier , 2018

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 : 64

Copris (Copris) davidi Darling & Genier, 2018 Plate 15B

Copris davidi Darling & Génier, 2018: 31 (original description. Type locality: Pajonal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Copris davidi Darling & Génier, 2018. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Darling and Génier 2018: 32). Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Pajonal, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia and Ecuador.

Records examined.

IMBABURA: Carolina, 1000 m (1 specimen CEMT); Lita, 500 m (2 specimens CEMT). ESMERALDAS: Colón del Ónzole (2 specimens CEMT); Gualpi (1 specimen CEMT); Gualpi el Pajonal (5 specimens CEMT); Jeyambi PMFC (1 specimen CEMT).

Literature records.

IMBABURA: Carolina (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Lita (Darling and Génier 2018: 32). ESMERALDAS: Chispero (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Colón del Ónzole (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Gualpí del Ónzole (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Esmeraldas (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Estación Forestal La Chiquita, 11km SE San Lorenzo, 5m (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); La Concordia (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Majua (Darling and Génier 2018: 32), Pajonal (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Jeyambi PMFC (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); Punta Venado (Darling and Génier 2018: 32). MANABÍ: 78 km NE Chone, 85 km WSW Santo Domingo, 450 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 32); 90 km WSW Santo Domingo, 73 km NE Chone, 300 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 32).

Temporal data.

Collected in April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 5-1000 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.