Deltochilum (Calhyboma) robustus Molano & Gonzalez , 2009

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 : 86-88

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) robustus Molano & Gonzalez, 2009 Plate 20D

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) robustus Gonzáles et al. 2009: 259 (original description. Type locality: Colombia, Caquetá. San José del Fragua. Vda. La Esmeralda Alto del Río Yurayaco 1500 m).

Deltochilum robustus : Krajcik 2012: 88 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru).

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) robustus : Chamorro et al. 2018: 94 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) robustus González & Molano, 2009. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the IAvH (see González et al. 2009: 259). Locality: Colombia, Caquetá. San José del Fragua. Vda. La Esmeralda Alto del Río Yurayaco, 1500 m, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

LOJA: Parque Nacional Podocarpus, 2800 m (3 specimens MQCAZ). NAPO: Quebrada Granadillas Bosque Protector La Cascada, 1300 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Quijos, 1400 m, Parque Na cional Sumaco (1 specimen CEMT). MORONA SANTIAGO: Angel Rouby sitio 8, 1300 m (4 specimens MQCAZ); Nuevo Israel, Cordillera del Kutukú (2 specimens MUTPL); Untsuants sitio 6, 1100 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Unsuants sitio 7, 900 m (3 specimen MQCAZ); Unsuants sitio 4, 1100 m (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: Merá, Estación Biológica Pindo Mirador, 1100 m (1 specimen MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Tundayme campamento Mirador, La Mina, 1320 m (5 specimens MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador, Condor Mirador, 1460 m (1 specimen MUTPL); RVS El Zarza campamento las Peñas, Cordillera del Cóndor, conseción El Colibri, 1530 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi Comunidad Miazi, 1380 m (1 specimen MEPN; 1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi, Pachikuntza, 1685 m (1 specimen MEPN; 2 specimens MUTPL).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, March, April, May, September, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the foothill evergreen forests and lower evergreen montane forests in the Amazonian range from 1100-1685 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was collected in the montane cloud forests from 1800-2800 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces and flight interception traps.