Malagoniella (Malagoniella) astyanax polita Halffter, Pereira & Martinez , 1960

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 : 155-157

Malagoniella (Malagoniella) astyanax polita Halffter, Pereira & Martinez, 1960 Plate 33D

Megatopha astyanax polita Halffter, Pereira & Martínez, 1960: 203 (original description. Type locality: Bolivia: Departamento de la Paz, Provincia de Sud Yungas, Chulumani, 1800-2000 m).

Malagoniella astyanax polita : Martínez 1961: 83 (cited as new combination); Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 575 (cited as subespecie); Halffter and Martínez 1966: 117 (characters in key), 124 (distribution); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 14 (cited for Bolivia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik, 2012: 156 (cited as subspecies); Chamorro et al. 2018: 78 (figures 1C and 1F), 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Megatopha astyanax polita Halffter, Pereira & Martínez, 1960. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the AMIC (Halffter, Pereira and Martínez 1960: 203) [= name-bearing types now at the MACN]. Locality: Bolivia: Departamento de la Paz, Provincia de Sud Yungas, Chulumani, 1800-2000 m, not examined.

Distribution.

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Surinam, and Venezuela.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: Eden, Campo Eden plataforma G, 220 m (1 specimen CEMT); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Guataraco Campo Pata, 345 m (2 specimens MUTPL); San Sebastian del Coca, Comuna Shamanal Campo Palo Azul, 345 m (1 specimen CEMT); Lago San Pedro, plataforma Copal, 310 m (1 specimen MUTPL). SUCUMBÍOS: La Selva Bio Station 175 km E.S.E del Coca (2 specimens MQCAZ).

Temporal data.

Collected in March, May, August, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 220-345 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human feces.