Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) cambeforti Arnaud, 1982

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Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) cambeforti Arnaud, 1982 Plate 46C

Phanaeus cambeforti Arnaud, 1982b: 122 (original description. Type locality: Saül, French Guiana).

Phanaeus cambeforti : Vitolo 2000: 597 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (cited for Colombia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 320-321 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 204 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru).

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) cambeforti : Edmonds 1994: 28 (characters in key), 31 (redescription); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (cited for Brazil); Arnaud 2002a: 86 (diagnosis); Vitolo 2004: 285 (diagnosis); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (distributional records from Bolivia); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10 (characters in key); Figueroa et al. 2014: 134 (distributional records from Peru); Boilly et al. 2016: 90 (characters in key); 93 (figures 20a, 20b and 20c); 96 (cited for Guyana); Chamorro et al. 2018: 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Phanaeus cambeforti Arnaud, 1982. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (see Edmonds 1994: 31). Locality: French Guiana, Saul, not examined.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Daimi 1; Dayuma Campo Hormiguero, plataforma Hormiguero, 320 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Dayuma Campo Palanda, Estación Palanda 5, 320 m (2 specimens MUTPL); Dayuma plataforma Ungurahua, 300 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini USFQ, 280 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (3 specimens MUTPL); Puce Yasuní Biological Station, 250 m, Río Tiputini (7 specimens MQCAZ); Rodrigo Borja IAMOE (1 specimen CEMT); Ines Arango road Tiwino-río Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Tiputini Yasuní Res. Stn. (3 specimens CEMT). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 660 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Cascales, 400 m, Pozo Ruby 1 (1 specimen MUTPL); Cuyabeno Lag. Grande (2 specimen MQCAZ); Tarapoa, 260 m, Fanny 5 (2 specimens MUTPL).

Literature records.

UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: without specific locality (Arnaud, 1982b: 123).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, March, April, May, July, August, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 250-660 m a.s.l. Collected manually, with flight interception traps and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.