Blackburneus richteri
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Scarabaeoidologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367 Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados / Itahum, Km 12 - Unidade II, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
- 2. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA. & Paul.
- 3. Laboratorio de Scarabaeoidologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367 Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera (INCol) an INCT (National Institute of Science and Technology) by Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (408430 / 2024 - 9).
Description
Blackburneus richteri (Schmidt, 1911)
Figs 2E–G, 34A
Aphodius richteri Schmidt, 1911b: 21.
Aphodius (Blackburneus) richteri – Schmidt 1913: 138.
Blackburneus richteri – Skelley et al. 2007: 2.
Diagnosis
Length 2.5–3.0 mm. Body shagreened and testaceous. Head with moderated punctures, these progressively larger near frons; clypeus emarginate, medially weakly gibbous; frontoclypeal suture present, finely impressed. Pronotum dense fine and coarse punctures. Elytra with interstriae convex, with a singe row of punctures.
Material examined
BOLIVIA • 4 specs; 2 Feb. 1960; R.B. Cumming leg.; CEMT. – Santa Cruz • 2 specs; Sta 60 mi. N of Saavedra Exp.; CEMT.
BRAZIL – Distrito Federal • 1 spec.; Planaltina, Embrapa Cerrados; 15°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 18 Nov. 2005; O. Oliveira leg.; agricultural area; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 2 Dec. 2005; CEMT • 3 specs; same data as for preceding; 5 Jan. 2006; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 15°36′16″ S, 47°44′16″ W; 24 Feb. 2006; native cerrado; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 15°36′20″ S, 47°42′16″ W; 3 Nov. 2006; CEMT • 2 specs; same data as for preceding; 15°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 24 Mar. 2006; agricultural area; CEMT. – Maranhão • 3 specs; Carolina, Fazenda Cincorá; 17–22 Oct. 2009; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg.; light; CEMT. – Mato Grosso do Sul • 1 ♂; Selvíra, Santa Ofélia farm; 1 May 2004; C.A.H. Flechtmann leg.; Brachiaria decumbens pasture; bovine dropping; CEMT • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 12 Jun. 2004; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 26 Feb. 2005; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; UNESP farm; 16 Jan. 2005; Brachiaria brizantha pasture; CEMT • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 20°22′41″ S, 51°25′10″ W; 29 Oct. 2005; F. Oikawa leg.; Brachiaria decumben s pasture; black light; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 12 Nov. 2009; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5 May 2010; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 20°53′41″ S, 51°24′39″ W; 6 Feb. 2007; F.W. Mesquita leg.; CEMT • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 20°22′53″ S, 51°24′39″ W; 7 Nov. 2006; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 30 Jan. 2007; CEMT.
Sexual dimorphism
Male protibial apical spine downwardly and outwardly bent; males with distal teeth of protibia with proximal margin dilated and angled.
Collecting information
Specimens can be found in pastures of Urochloa brizantha and Urochloa decumbens and in areas of native Cerrado. Specimens are attracted to cattle dung, light and can be captured by flight intercept. The species can be found at altitudes up to 1600 m (Dellacasa et al. 2011; Mesquita et al. 2017).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CEMT
- Event date
- 1960-02-02 , 2004-05-01 , 2004-06-12 , 2005-01-16 , 2005-02-26 , 2005-10-29 , 2005-11-18 , 2005-12-02 , 2006-01-05 , 2006-02-24 , 2006-03-24 , 2006-11-03 , 2006-11-07 , 2007-01-30 , 2007-02-06 , 2009-10-17 , 2009-11-12 , 2010-05-05
- Verbatim event date
- 1960-02-02 , 2004-06-12 , 2005-01-16 , 2005-02-26 , 2005-10-29 , 2005-11-18 , 2005-12-02 , 2006-01-05 , 2006-02-24 , 2006-03-24 , 2006-11-03 , 2006-11-07 , 2007-01-30 , 2007-02-06 , 2009-10-17/22 , 2009-11-12 , 2010-05-05
- Scientific name authorship
- Schmidt
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Blackburneus
- Species
- richteri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Blackburneus richteri (Schmidt, 1911) sec. Gama, Skelley & Vaz-De-Mello, 2026
References
- Schmidt A. 1911 b. Funf neue Aphodiinen aus dem Museum zu London. Societas Entomologica 26: 14-16. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33102400 [accessed 20 Apr. 2024].
- Schmidt A. 1913. Erster Versuch einer Einteilung der exotischen Aphodieen in Subgenera und als Anhang einige Neubeschreibungen. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 79 A (11): 117-178; 203 - 212. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13320641 [accessed 20 Apr. 2024].
- Skelley P. E., Dellacasa M., Dellacasa G. & Gordon R. D. 2007. Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Insecta Mundi 14: 1-14.
- Dellacasa M., Dellacasa G. & Gordon R. D. 2011. Systematic revision of the American taxa belonging to the genera Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009, and Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913, with description of seven new species. Insecta Mundi 204: 1-52.
- Mesquita W. F., Flechtmann C. A. H., Godoy W. A. C. & Bjornstad O. N. 2017. The impact of the introduced Digitonthophagus gazella on a native dung beetle comunity in Brazil during 26 years. Biological Invasions 20: 963-979. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1603-1