Copris (Copris) susanae 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 : 64-65

Copris (Copris) susanae Darling & Genier, 2018 Plate 15C

Copris susanae Darling & Génier, 2018: 28 (original description. Type locality: 20 km N Chone, 300 m, Manabí, Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Copris susanae Darling & Génier, 2018. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Darling and Génier 2018: 29). Locality: Ecuador, Manabí, 20 km N Chone, 300 m, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia and Ecuador.

Records examined.

BOLIVAR: B. P. Filo Palanga (1 specimen CEMT). COTOPAXI: Guasaganda, 500 m (1 specimen CEMT). EL ORO: Piñas, 1200 m (5 specimens CEMT); Uzhcurrumi, 500 m (1 specimen CEMT). LOJA: 5 km N de Zambi, 1300 m (1 specimen CEMT). LOS RIOS: Río Palenque Station (6 specimens CEMT). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 10 m (76 specimens CEMT).

Literature records.

BOLIVAR: Balzapamba (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); CANAR [= CAÑAR]: Route La Troncal-Canar [= Cañar], 300 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30). ESMERALDAS: Esmeraldas (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); San Mateo (Darling and Génier 2018: 30). GUAYAS [= SANTA ELENA]: 27 km S Puerto Lopez, 76 km N Santa Elena, 150 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); GUAYAS: Bucay (Darling and Génier 2018: 30). LOS RÍOS: Estación Científica Río Palenque, 47 km S Santo Domingo, 250 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Quevedo (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); Hacienda Ana María, Quevedo (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); MANABÍ: 20 km N Chone, 300 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); 78 km NE Chone, 85 km WSW Santo Domingo, 450 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); 90 km WSW Santo Domingo, 73 km NE Chone, 300 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas (Darling and Génier 2018: 30). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 10 m (Darling and Génier 2018: 30). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: San Rafael (Darling and Génier 2018: 30); without specific locality (Darling and Génier 2018: 30).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, March, May, June, July, August, September, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 10-1200 m a.s.l. In the Amazon region, this species has been collected in the foothill evergreen forests. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces. According to Darling and Génier (2018) the Macas record (Morona Santiago province) might be erroneous.