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 : 50-52

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352924

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scientific name

Coprophanaeus
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Coprophanaeus View in CoL (C.) abas ( MacLeay, 1819)

Fig. 102, 105, 110 View Figure 102-112 , 113 View Figure 113 , 135-139 View Figure 135-139

Phanaeus jasius abas MacLeay, 1819: 126 View in CoL

Phanaeus rex Balthasar, 1939: 239 View in CoL (syn. by Arnaud 1982c: 125)

Coprophanaeus abas (MacLeay) View in CoL (recomb. by Blackwelder 1944: 209 [as synonym of C. jasius ])

Type. P. abas neotype male (des. by Arnaud 2002b: 3), The Natural History Museum, London (examined) ; P. rex – holotype male, National Museum , Prague (examined) .

Diagnosis. General – Metallic color green to yellowish green and confined to posterior areas of head and pronotal sides and margins. Clypeal margin clearly explanate/angulate lateral to median teeth ( Fig. 135, 138 View Figure 135-139 ). Posteromedian portion of pronotum smooth, bearing sparse, effaced puncturing (weakest in large males). Sulcus paralleling carinate posterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 110 View Figure 102-112 ) with obvious sculpturing (x25); carina entire. Posterior pronotal fossae with sparse puncturing and/or microgranules. Length 20- 29 mm.

Male ( Fig. 102 View Figure 102-112 , 137-139 View Figure 135-139 ) – Head horn long, tip reaching level of summit of pronotum; anterior surface of horn base usually only weakly punctured; central process (viewed laterally) inclined slightly posteriorly from base, its length at least twice that of base. Pronotal process strongly produced medially as lobate tooth, itself sometimes weakly bilobed, flanked on each side by small, acute tooth (process reduced to strongly angulate transverse carina in smallest individuals). Parameres long, length at least three-fourths that of phallobase.

Female ( Fig. 105 View Figure 102-112 , 135-136 View Figure 135-139 ) – Cephalic carina bowed or angulate medially, median tooth larger than laterals. Vertex moderately punctured. Pronotal ridge ( Fig. 105 View Figure 102-112 ) strongly elevated, quadrate, summit strongly trituberculate, width at summit slightly more than interocular width. Anteromedian pronotal concavity oval, deep, posterior (upper) margin clearly bitumose (except in smallest individuals).

Specimens examined – 57.

Distribution. Mesoamerica – Venezuelan Llanos province and adjacent Amazonia ( Fig. 113 View Figure 113 ).

Collection Records. COLOMBIA: Guaviaré – San José [Finca Esmeralda], 2 o 33’N 72 o 38’W, 240 m (Oct). Caquetá – Puerto Solario, PNN La Serranía de Chiribiquete, 0 o 12’47.8"N 72 o 25’25.4"W, 250 m

(Feb-Mar). TRINIDAD – TOBAGO: 11 km SE Arima [ Arena Forest Reserve ], 80 m (Jun-Jul) ; 13 km S Arima, 2 km N Talparo , 50 m (Jun-Jul) . VENEZUELA: Amazonas – Gavilán (May). Araugua – 20 km NW Maracay [Rancho Grande], 1000 m ( Jun ). Barinas – Barinitas [Mpio. Libertador, Quebrada Miraflores], 650 m (Aug). Bolívar – Lago Guri Islands , 7 o 21’N 62 o 52’W (Jun) GoogleMaps ; Río Caura , Las Trincheras (Aug) ; 85 km S El Dorado (Aug) ; 33 km S El Dorado , 220 m (Aug) ; Sipao [110 km E Caicara del Orinoco] (Jun-Aug) ; 26 km N Guasipati (Jun-Jul) ; Canaima [220 km SSE Cd. Bolívar] (Aug) ; Caura River, Jabillal, Orinoco , 200 m (Aug) .

Comments. This species, along with C. acrisius , was proposed by MacLeay (1819) as a variety of C. jasius (q.v.); in accordance with Article 45.6.4 ( ICZN 1999), its original name is Phanaeus jasius abas MacLeay. In smaller individuals the large median pronotal tab is replaced by a central tubercle and the overall appearance becomes more similar to C. jasius . We do not understand well the distribution of this species, which may later become clearer as more material is collected. Our information suggests that it occurs in the Venezuelan Llanos province (?mainly along gallery forests of the Orinoco basin) and adjacent Amazonian provinces. The general area, especially in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, is also home to C. jasius and eastern populations of C. gamezi ; but we do not know if they are ecologically sympatric in the region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Loc

Coprophanaeus

Edmonds, W. D. & Zidek, J. 2010
2010
Loc

Coprophanaeus abas (MacLeay)

Blackwelder, R. E. 1944: 209
1944
Loc

Phanaeus rex

Arnaud, P. 1982: 125
Balthasar, V. 1939: 239
1939
Loc

Phanaeus jasius abas MacLeay, 1819: 126

MacLeay, W. S. 1819: 126
1819
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