Published February 2, 2026 | Version v1
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Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright 1967

  • 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

Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright, 1967

Figs 27F, 58A

Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright, 1967: 4.

Diagnosis

Length 3.0 mm. Head with clypeus sinuate; frontoclypeal and genal suture elevated. Pronotal lateral margins sinuated; disc with one transverse, almost completely glossy and strongly punctate anterior carina with three longitudinal carinae parting from it; lateral carinae interrupted by oblique furrow; middle carina bifurcate near posterior margin; all carinae glabrous and glossy. Elytra with humeral denticle fine but evident.

Material examined

ARGENTINA Corrientes • 4 specs; Corrientes, Barrio Víctor Colas; 27°28′50″ S, 58°47′18″ W; elev. 64 m; 21 Oct. 2012; M.I. Polesel et al. leg.; CEMT.

BRAZIL Goiás • 1 spec.; Goiânia; 12 Jan. 2002; S.S. Silva leg.; CEMT. Mato Grosso • 1 spec.; Poconé, Parque Sesc Baixa das Pedra; 13 Sep. 2018; G.B. Silva and L.G.P. Dantas leg.; pitfall; CEMT • 1 spec.; Poconé, Sesc Pantanal; Nov. 2016; S. Montoya leg.; CEMT. Mato Grosso do Sul • 2 specs; Corumbá, Passo do Lontra; Feb. 1996; J. Louzada and F.Z. Vaz de Mello leg.; human dung; CEMT. Paraná • 1 spec.; Londrina; Nov.–Dec. 1998; I.M. Medri leg.; CEMT.

Sexual dimorphism

Males with apical spur of protibiae long, downwardly and inwardly bent. Penultimate abdominal ventrite shortened. Female spur almost straight, weakly downwardly bent. Penultimate abdominal ventrite similar to the others.

Collecting information

Cartwrightia cartwrighti were collected at altitudes ranging from 64 to 1000 metres. Specimens were collected with flight intercept and black light traps, in coffee forest litter, and appear to be attracted to human dung (Cartwright 1967).

Notes

Published as part of Gama, Emanuel R. R., Skelley, Paul E. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2026, Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil, pp. 1-225 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1038 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175, http://zenodo.org/record/19369988

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CEMT
Event date
2002-01-12 , 2012-10-21 , 2018-09-13
Verbatim event date
2002-01-12 , 2012-10-21 , 2018-09-13
Scientific name authorship
Cartwright
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Cartwrightia
Species
cartwrighti
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright, 1967 sec. Gama, Skelley & Vaz-De-Mello, 2026

References

  • Cartwright O. L. 1967. Two new species of Cartwrightia from Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Proceeding of the United States National Museum 124 (3632): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.124-3632.1