Coprophanaeus, Olsoufieff, 1924

Edmonds, W. D. & Zidek, J., 2010, A taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (129), pp. 1-111 : 102-104

Coprophanaeus (C.) suredai Arnaud, 1996

Fig. 289-291 , 303-307

Coprophanaeus suredai Arnaud, 1996: 6

Type. Holotype male, private collection of Patrick Arnaud , Saintry sur Seine, France.

Diagnosis. General – Dorsum ( Fig. 303-307 ) mostly black, golden or red coloration with green highlights present on head and anterior portion and margins of pronotum; venter with metallic highlights of same tone as dorsum. Anterior (declivitous) face of metasternum with setigerous punctures widely distributed over most of surface. Length 12-14 mm.

Male – Pronotal prominence ( Fig. 290 ) more-or-less trapezoidal, with acute lateral angles. Apical processes of parameres attenuated, scarcely visible in profile ( Fig. 305 ).

Female – Pronotal ridge curved, very slightly bidentate medially.

Specimen examined – 9.

Distribution. Eastern Napo province.

Collection Records. COLOMBIA: Amazonas – Leticia (Feb). Vaupés – Río Apaporis ( Caparú Biological Station ), 1.1 S 69.5 W, 200 m (Nov-Dec) . PERU: Loreto – Quebrada Ubuya , 74 o 01’24"W 6 o 57’19"S, 202 m (Mar) ; Quebrada Punga , 74 o 00’59"W 6 o 27’40"S, 145 m (Feb) .

Comments. Arnaud (2002a, 2002c) places C. larseni near C. suredai . Among the few specimens of C. suredai that we have seen are the Leticia paratypes in the Canadian Museum of Nature. The original description was based on 10 specimens from western Amazonia, including Lago Agrio ( Ecuador) and “ Peru ”. The Canadian Museum also has two female specimens which resemble C. suredai , from Brazil: Amazonas – Estirão do Ecuador, Rio Javari (Feb); and Bolivia: Pando – 11 o 50’S 65 o 22’W (Feb). We could not locate Estirão do Ecuador, but it presumably lies along the Brazil – Peru border (formed by the Rio Javari) near Tabatinga ( Brazil) and Leticia. The coordinates specified for the latter lie in the northern extremity of the department of El Beni (near but not in Pando), about 1000 km SSE of Leticia. Hamel et al. (2009) cite this species from 2 km E Fortaleza (Pando) and Guayaramerin (Beni) in Bolivia.

Figures

Figure 280-290. Characters of the Coprophanaeus (s. str.) ohausi species group. 280-284) Dorsal views of male pronotal prominence variation in population from Satipo, Junin (Peru). 285) Dorsal view of pronotal prominence of male from eastern Ecuador. 286) Dorsal view of pronotal prominence like that of lectotype male. 287) C. callegarii, dorsal view of male head. 288) Same, dorsal view male of pronotal prominence. 289) C. suredai, dorsal view of male head. 290) Same, dorsal view of male pronotal prominence.

Figure 291. Approximate geographic distribution of Coprophanaeus (s. str.) species in the ohausi species group.

Figure 303-307. Coprophanaeus suredai. 303-304) Male habitus. 305) Aedeagus (lateral view on right, dorsal view on left). 306-307) Female habitus.