Saprosites puncticollis Harold 1867
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
Saprosites puncticollis Harold, 1867
Figs 24C, 53A
Saprosites puncticollis Harold, 1867a: 81.
Saprosites sulcifer Schmidt, 1910: 361.
Diagnosis
Length 3.8 – 4.0 mm. Head punctate; punctures on frons larger than those on clypeus; clypeus emarginate; frontoclypeal suture faint, present as a fine, glabrous and glossy angulate line. Pronotum everywhere coarsely, densely punctate, punctures closer and coarser laterally; posterior margin with marginal line; margin evidenced by a row of coarse punctures; posterior angles serrate.
Material examined
BRAZIL – Espírito Santo • 2 specs; Domingos Martins, Pq. E. Pedra Azul; elev. 1500 m; Jan. 2000; Lopes-Andrade and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Venda Nova do Imigrante; Nov. 1999; Falquear and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Nov. 1999; Vaz-de-Mello and Serrano leg.; CEMT. – Minas Gerais • 2 specs; Lima Duarte, P.E. Ibitipoca; Jun. 2001; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Viçosa; 17 Nov. 1999; A. Serrano leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Nov. 1999; Vaz-de-Mello and Serrano leg.; CEMT. – Paraná • 4 specs; Castro Socavão, Cachoeira Roncadura; 24 Jun. 2006; Grossi and Parizotto leg.; CEMT. – Rio de Janeiro • 1 spec.; Nova Friburgo, Macaé de Cima; Dec. 1998; Grossi and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 5 specs; same data as for preceding; Jan. 1999; P. Grossi leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Jan. 2000; E. Grossi and P. Grossi leg.; FIT; CEMT • 1 spec.; Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Casa do Pesquisador; elev. 750 m; 22–24 Oct. 2010; W. Beiroz and M. Cupello leg.; flight interception trap; CEMT.
Sexual dimorphism
Males with fifth abdominal ventrite shorter than that of female; males with weakly strigate ventrites; lip of pygidium longer.
Collecting information
Specimens were found at altitudes up to 1500 m and can be collected with flight intercept traps.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CEMT
- Event date
- 1999-11-17 , 2006-06-24 , 2010-10-22
- Verbatim event date
- 1999-11-17 , 2006-06-24 , 2010-10-22/24
- Scientific name authorship
- Harold
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Saprosites
- Species
- puncticollis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Saprosites puncticollis Harold, 1867 sec. Gama, Skelley & Vaz-De-Mello, 2026
References
- Harold E. 1867 a. Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte 1: 76-83. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16069331 [accessed 26 Feb. 2024].
- Schmidt A. 1910. Neue Arten aus den Gattungen Aphodius Illig., Ataenius Har., Saprosites Redtenb. (Col.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1910: 353-361. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35571672 [accessed 20 Apr. 2024].