Eurysternus marmoreus Castelnau, 1840

Fig. 49C

Eurysternus marmoreus Castelnau, 1840:93 (original description).Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Fusagasugá. Name-bearing type: neotype (MNHN), designated by Jessop (1985), not examined.

Eurysternus pectoralis Guérin-Méneville, 1855: 590 (original description). Type locality: Ecuador: “E. de Ville” (unknown locality). Name-bearing type: neotype (MNHN), designated by Génier (2009), not examined.

Eurysternus marmoreus – Guérin-Méneville 1855: 590 (catalogue, redescription). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (catalogue); 1880: 13 (distribution for Colombia). — Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 68 (list). — Gillet 1911b: 25 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 547 (key). — Jessop 1985: 1100 (designation of type). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — López-Guerrero & Halffter 2000: 245 (morphology). — Medina et al. 2001: 135 (checklist for Colombia). — Huerta et al. 2003: 17 (biology). — Noriega et al. 2007: 82 (list for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2008: 42 (diversity). — Orozco & Pérez 2008: 38–39 (list for Colombia). — Génier 2009: 193, 261, 275, 290, 305 (diagnosis, distribution, key, characteristics). — Camero 2010: 150, 171 (key, diagnosis). — Concha-Lozada et al. 2010: 47 (list for Popayán, Colombia). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 314–315 (list for Ecuador). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 64 (guide). — Krajcik 2012: 107 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Cultid-Medina & Medina 2015: 201 (Appendix 11). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru). — Torres et al. 2017: 48–49, 67 (cited for Boyaca, Colombia). — Villada-Bedoya et al. 2017: 197 (ecology). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 78, 95 (fig. 1A, 1E, list for Ecuador); 2019: 148 (catalogue). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Eurysternus pectoralis – Harold 1869d: 1024 (catalogue). — Gillet 1911b: 25 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (catalogue, cited for Brazil). — Jessop 1985: 1106 (comments). — Génier 2009: 194 (synonym of E. marmoreus). — Camero 2010: 171 (cited as synonym of E. marmoreus).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) pectoralis – Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (checklist for Brazil).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Mérida • 1 spec.; Sucre, Jaji; 8°39′36.75″ N, 71°23′52.69″ W; 2235 m a.s.l.; 8 Jul. 2009; D. Mora, P. Colmenares, M. Córdova and M. Nuñez leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa; 10°22′10.56″ N, 68°50′16.94″ W; 1639 m a.s.l.; 21 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for the preceding except for the coordinates and elevation; 10°22′8.21″ N, 68°50′18.52″W; 1626 m a.s.l.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (Génier 2009).

Subregions of Venezuela

Andes mountains and Central Coast Mountain Range

Literature records

Harold 1869d: 1024 (Venezuela). — Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 68 (Venezuela). — Huerta et al. 2003: 5 (Venezuela: Mérida). — Génier 2009: 194 (Venezuela: Aragua, Mérida and Táchira). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (Venezuela: Mérida: La Azulita-Jají). — Chamorro et al. 2019: 148 (Venezuela).