Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926)

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 : 130

Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926) Plate 29B

Pinotus fonsecae Luederwaldt, 1926: 135 (original description. Type locality: Macas).

Pinotus fonsecae : Luederwaldt 1929: 110 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1944: 207 (list of species of Latin America).

Dichotomius fonsecae : Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 91 (complete list of species); Carvajal 2012: 197 (redescription).

Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fonsecae : Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Pinotus fonsecae Luederwaldt, 1926. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MZUSP. Locality: Macas, Ecuador, examined.

Holotype (♂): "O. ECUADOR / Macas Feyer [p]", "TIPO [p, red label, black margin]", "Pinotus ♂ / fonsecae Lüd / Lüd. det. 23 [hw]", "25904 [p]".

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas (1 specimen MZUSP); San Isidro, Cordillera de Domoso Alto, 1680 m (1 specimen MEPN). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Cordillera del Cóndor, Colibrí, 1445 m (1 specimen MEPN).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Luederwaldt 1926: 135).

Temporal data.

Collected in November and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lower evergreen montane forests in the Amazonian range from 1445-1680 m a.s.l. Collected manually and with pitfall traps baited with human feces.