Ateuchus connexus (Harold, 1868)

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 : 11

Ateuchus connexus (Harold, 1868) Plate 4A

Choeridium connexum Harold, 1868a: 36 (characters in key), 55 (original description. Type locality: Ega [= Tefé]).

Choeridium connexum : Gemminger and Harold 1869: 1007 (list, distribution); Gillet 1911a: 52 (list, distribution); Balthasar 1939a: 60 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list of species for Latin America); Roze 1955: 43 (list of species for Venezuela).

Ateuchus connexus : Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 589 (new combination, characters in key); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (cited for Brazil); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 12 (cited for Bolivia); Krajcik 2012: 49 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Choeridium connexum Harold, 1868. Two syntypes examined deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. R Oberthür and ex coll. HW Bates). Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Distribution.

Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Parque Nacional Yasuní, Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, 220 m USFQ (3 specimens CEMT).

Temporal data.

Collected in June and July.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 220 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with human feces.