Dichotomius (Selenocopris) malyi Maldaner, Nunes and Vaz-de-Mello, 2015

Maldaner, Maria Eduarda & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2022, New data and species for the Dichotomius speciosus (Waterhouse, 1891) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Journal of Natural History 55 (47 - 48), pp. 2999-3006 : 3004-3005

Dichotomius (Selenocopris) malyi Maldaner, Nunes and Vaz-de-Mello, 2015

Non-type material: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Campos Altos . Parque Estadual de Campos Altos . 19°43 ʹ 45”S; 46°07 ʹ 32”W. 16.i.2014. L.D.L. Cardoso. [4♂ 2♀ CEMT] . Same locality, but 19° 43 ʹ 14”S; 46°07 ʹ 38”W. 16.i.2014. L.D.L. Cardoso. [2♂ CEMT] . Same county, but Zona de Amortecimento do Parque Estadual de Campos Altos . 19°44 ʹ 49”S; 46°05 ʹ 42”W. 16.iv.2015. TMB Eleutério. [3♂ 1♀ CEMT] .

Comments

The labels of the type material of D . malyi indicate ‘ São Paulo’ as the collecting locality (with no further data) . Here , we provide for the first time an exact, additional location of collection for this species . Dichotomius malyi was recently re-collected in and around the Parque Estadual de Campos Altos, in Campos Altos municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (approximately 950 m elevation) ( Figure1 ) . This locality is about 125 km north-east from the border of São Paulo State and then on the other side of Serra da Canastra ; thus, D . malyi is not likely to occur in São Paulo State. The original description applies well to all examined specimens, yet larger individuals bear more pronounced conical cephalic process in males and cephalic knob in females. Size variation: 11 mm to 13 mm .

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Dichotomius speciosus species group.