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 : 97-101

Coprophanaeus (C.) callegarii Arnaud, 2002

Fig. 287-288 , 291-296

Coprophanaeus callegarii Arnaud, 2002a: 4

Type. Holotype male, private collection of Patrick Arnaud , Saintry sur Seine , France. Diagnosis. General – Dorsum largely black, metallic color (red, green or coppery green) restricted to posterior portion of head and anterior portion and margin of pronotum and pygidium; venter with subdued violet reflections. Frons short, length less than that of clypeus. Anterior (declivitous) face of metasternum with setigerous punctures concentrated medially. Length 11-15 mm.

Male – Apical processes of parameres strongly elevated, clearly visible in profile. Pronotal prominence arcuate, lacking well-defined tubercles or angles, narrow, width less than distance between outer margins of eyes (in small males prominence reduced to arcuate ridge very near anterior margin).

Female – Pronotal carina very near anterior pronotal margin, only weakly raised, lacking distinct median tubercles.

Specimen examined – 34.

Distribution. Upper Amazon River basin of Napo province.

Collection Records. PERU: Loreto – Iquitos (Feb) (see Comments below).

Comments. Thanks to Darren Mann ( Oxford University Museum of Natural History ) we examined and assigned to this species a long series from the type locality (Iquitos). A paratype male was cited by Arnaud (2002a) as from “ Brasil: Para, S. Paulo de Olivença …”. We regard the state record (Pará) as erroneous ; São Paulo de Olivença lies in the state of Amazonas about 450 km downriver from Iquitos. Arnaud’s description was based on two males, neither regarded as well developed: “Ce critère [description of male pronotum] est à prendre avec prudence car l’examen de peu de spécimens ne permet pas de juger si les exemplares sont de forme majeure.” Our series of 34 specimens includes 15 males, none of which is more robustly developed than the holotype pictured by Arnaud (2002c). Since we have examined neither the holotype nor the paratype, our identification of this series as C. callegarii must be regarded as provisional .

Figures

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

Figure 292-296. Coprophanaeus callegarii. 292-293) Female habitus. 294-295) Male habitus. 296) Aedeagus (lateral view on left, dorsal view on right).

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.