Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus Genier , 1996

Chamorro, William, Marin-Armijos, Diego, senjo, Angelico & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records, ZooKeys 826, pp. 1-343 : 163-164

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Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus Genier , 1996
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Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus Genier, 1996 View in CoL Plate 35D

Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus Génier, 1996: 48 (original description. Type locality: ECUADOR Pastaza: Llandia 1000 m. [17 km N del Puyo]).

Ontherus diabolicus : Medina et al. 2001: 139 (cited for Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia); Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 17 (catalog of the types of the MQCAZ); Krajcik 2012: 174 (complete list of species).

Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus : Morón 2006: 120 (catalog of types MXAL); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Ontherus (Caelontherus) diabolicus Génier, 1996. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (see Génier 1996: 49). Locality: ECUADOR Pastaza: Llandia 1000 m. [17 km N del Puyo], not examained.

Distribution.

Colombia and Ecuador.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Bosque Domoso, 1650 m (6 specimens CEMT); Comunidad Ángel Rouby, 1300 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (4 specimens MECN); Comunidad Unsuants, 600-1100 m, Cordillera del Kutukú (3 specimens MECN). NAPO: Bosque Protector la Cascada Río Coca, 640 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Cotundo Río Osayacu, 1070 m, sector Shamato (1 specimen MUTPL); Quebrada Granadillas, 1300 m, Bosque Protector la Cascada, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL). ORELLANA: Comunidad Kiwcha Chiruisla Station, 180-250 m (7 specimens MQCAZ); Dayuma Campo Palanda plataforma Primavera 1, 235 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Eden, Campo Eden plataforma G, 220 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Estación Científica Yasuní PUCE, 250 m (21 specimens MQCAZ); Estación de Diversidad Tiputini, 285 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (3 specimens MUTPL); Ines Arango road Tiwino-río Shiripuno, 250 m (1 specimen MUTPL); SCYasuní (2 specimens CEMT; 4 specimens MQCAZ). PASTAZA: Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, 555 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Chuyayacu oleoducto km 25, 200 m (2 specimens MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: Aucayacu Río El Eno, 16 km de Lago Agrio, 290 m (1 specimen MGO-UC); Bermejo plataforma ER-A road to Lumbaqui (1 specimen MUTPL); Gonzalo Pizarro, Simon Bolivar, 1200 m (2 specimens MECN); Tarapoa, Nuevo Manabí, 270 m (1 specimen MUTPL). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Zurmi, Comunidad La Wants, 1010 m (3 specimens MUTPL; 1 specimen MEPN); Zurmi Las Orquideas Río Nangaritza, 870 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

LOJA: Loja ( Génier 1996: 50). MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Génier 1996: 50). NAPO: Aguamo [= Ahuano] ( Génier 1996: 50); without specific locality ( Génier 1996: 50); Río Jatun Yacu-Río Napo Wathersed ( Génier 1996: 50); km 7.3 Sarayacu-Loreto Rd, 1200 m ( Génier 1996: 50); km 11.1 Sarayacu-Loreto Rd, 1200 m ( Génier 1996: 50); km 25.4 Sarayacu-Loreto Rd, 950 m ( Génier 1996: 50); 12 km WSW Tena, 600 m. NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Coca ( Génier 1996: 50). NAPO [= SUCUMBÍOS]: Limoncocha ( Génier 1996: 50); 2 km N Limoncocha ( Génier 1996: 50); Santa Cecilia, 340 m ( Génier 1996: 50). PASTAZA: Llandia 17 km N Puyo, 1000 m ( Génier 1996: 50; Morón, 2006: 120; Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 17); 1 km E Mera, 1100 m ( Génier 1996: 50); 22 km SE Puyo, 900 m ( Génier 1996: 50); 25 km NE Puyo, 1000 m ( Génier 1996: 50); 8 km E Río Negro 10 km W Pastaza, Shell, 1400 m ( Génier 1996: 50); 9 km SE Veracruz, 900 m ( Génier 1996: 50). SUCUMBÍOS: Dureno, 150 m ( Génier 1996: 50). TUNGURAHUA: Ambato ( Génier 1996: 50). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Sabanilla ( Génier 1996: 50); without specific locality, Loja Oscordill. ( Génier 1996: 50). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Chaca ( Génier 1996: 50); Jarugui ( Génier 1996: 50).

Temporal data.

Collected every month of the year.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 150-1300 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Ontherus