Deltochilum (Calhyboma) tessellatum Bates, 1870

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 : 88

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) tessellatum Bates, 1870 Plates 21A, 57B

Deltochilum tessellatum Bates, 1870: 175 (original description. Type locality: Gualaquiza, Equador [= Ecuador]).

Deltochilum tessellatum : Gillet 1911a: 36 (complete list of species); Campos 1921: 55 (cited for Ecuador); Blackwelder 1944: 203 (list of species from Latin America); Medina et al. 2001: 136 (cited for Colombia); Krajcik 2012: 88 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru).

Deltochilum (Eudactyles) tessellatum : Paulian 1939: 9 (characters in key), 17 (redescription); Balthasar 1941: 345 (cited for Peru); Balthasar 1951: 330 (cited for Peru).

Deltochilum (Calhyboma) tessellatum : Pereira and D’Andretta 1955a: 9 (characters in key), 41 (redescription); Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 645 (catalog of species, distribution); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 556 (characters in key); González et al. 2009: 260 (redescription); 264 (characters in key); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 85 (figure 8F), 94 (cited for Ecuador).

Types specimens.

Deltochilum tessellatum Bates, 1870. The lectotype (♂) (here designated) and one paralectotype are deposited at the MNHN. Locality: Ecuador. Examined.

Lectotype (here designated) (♂): "Ecuador / Buckley [hw]", "Ex Musæo / H.W. BATES / 1892 [p, black margin]", “Muséum Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthür [p, green label, black margin]", "Deltochilum / tessellatum / Bates - type [hw]", "LECTOTYPE ♂ / Deltochilum / tesselatum / Bates / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello. 2014 [p and hw, red label, black margin]".

Paralectotype (♀): "near / Cuenca [hw]", "Ex Musæo / H.W. BATES / 1892 [p, black margin]", "R. PAULIAN / Vidit [p, black margin]", "Museum Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthur [p, green label, black margin]", "tessellatum / Bates T. E. S 1870 [hw, black margin]", "tesellatum Bates / Paulian vd. [hw]", "PARALECTOTYPE / Deltochilum ♀ / teselatum / Bates / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014 [hw and p, yellow label, black margin]".

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

CARCHI: El Corazón 2100 m (1 specimen MQCAZ). MORONA SANTIAGO: Angel Rouby sitio 9, 2000 m, cordillera del Kutukú (7 specimens MECN); Angel Rouby sitio 10, 1700 m, cordillera del Kutukú (2 specimens MQCAZ); San Antonio, Limón Indaza, Centro Shuar Wuarints (2 specimens MECN). NAPO: Archidona (1 specimen MQCAZ); Pacto Sumaco, Cotundo, 1500 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Quebrada Granadillas, 1300 m, Bosque Protector la Cascada, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Quijos, 1400 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Hollín (2 specimens MQCAZ). TUNGURAHUA: Baños El Topo, 1590 m (29 specimens CEMT). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Chamusquin, 2080 m (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MQCAZ); Cordillera de Curintza, 1790 m, Parque Nacional Poducarpus (12 specimens MECN); La Pituca Cuenca del Río Curitza, 1830 m (1 specimen MUTPL); RVS El Zarza campamento las Peñas, Cordillera del Cóndor, conseción El Zarza, Parcela 5, 1525 m (3 specimens MUTPL); Romerillos senderos Nangaritza, 2200 m (9 specimens MECN); Tundayme campamento Mirador, Condor Mirador, 1460 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Tundayme campamento Mirador, Cara de Indio, 1670 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Zurmi, Pachikuntza, 1685 m (1 specimen MEPN); Zamora km 12-18 (3 specimens MQCAZ).

Literature records.

AZUAY: Cuenca ( Paulian 1939: 18). CHIMBORAZO: Riobamba (Pereira and Andretta 1955a: 41). MORONA SANTIAGO: Gualaquiza ( Paulian 1939: 18); Macas ( Paulian 1939: 18). NAPO: Archidona (Pereira and Andretta 1955a: 41); between Archidona and Napo ( Paulian 1939: 18). PASTAZA: Sarayacu ( Paulian 1939: 18). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Santa Inez (Pereira and Andretta 1955a: 41).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, April, May, August, September, October, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen montane forests in the Amazonian range from 1300-1700 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was registered in the montane cloud forests from 1830-2200 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.

The lectotype (without specific locality for Ecuador) is here designated and illustrated (♂, deposited at the MNHN, Plate 57B).