Ontherus (Caelontherus) incisus (Kirsch, 1871)

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Ontherus (Caelontherus) incisus (Kirsch, 1871) Plate 36C

Pinotus incisus Kirsch, 1871: 341 (original description. Type locality: Bogotà).

Ontherus incisus : Harold 1880a: 23 (new combination for Pinotus incisus Kirsch, 1971); Gillet 1911a: 58 (complete list of species); Luederwaldt 1931a: 398 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 583 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 139 (cited for Colombia); Krajcik 2012: 174 (complete list of species).

Ontherus (Caelontherus) incisus : Génier 1996: 45 (redescription); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Ontherus thoracicus Waterhouse, 1891a: 356 (original description); Gillet 1911a: 58 (complete list of species); Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list of species from Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 583 (characters in key); Génier 1996: 45 (synonym of Ontherus (Caelontherus) incisus Kirsch, 1871).

Type specimens.

Pinotus incisus Kirsch, 1871. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (see Génier 1996: 46). Locality: Bogota, not examained.

Ontherus thoracicus Waterhouse, 1891. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NHML (see Génier 1996: 46). Locality: Colombia, not examained.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

NAPO: Cabañas San Isidro, 2 km NW de Cosanga, 2150 m (6 specimens MQCAZ); Oyacachi, 2550 m (1 specimen MQCAZ); Sierra de Los Guacamayos, 1900 m (1 specimen CEMT). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Chito río Sangolas, 1540 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Chito río San Francisco, 1800 m (2 specimens MUTPL).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Génier 1996: 46). NAPO: 17 km NE Baeza, 1280 m ( Génier 1996: 46); 15 km NW Baeza, 2010 m ( Génier 1996: 46); 7 km S Baeza, 2000 m ( Génier 1996: 46). PASTAZA: Canelos ( Génier 1996: 46). TUNGURAHUA: Santa Inéz [= Santa Inés] ( Génier 1996: 46). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Normandia ( Génier 1996: 46).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, April, July, May, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests in the Amazonian range at 1280 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, it was recorded in evergreen lower montane forests and in montane cloud forests from 1540-2550 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.