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Platytomus longulus CEMT

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

Platytomus longulus (Cartwright, 1948)

Pleurophorus longulus Cartwright, 1948: 143–144.

Platytomus longulus – Pittino & Mariani 1986: 55.

BRAZIL – Amazonas • 4 specs; Castanho-Careiro, AM-359 Km 39; 3°43′59″ S, 60°20′09″ W; 6–7 Nov. 2010; J.A. Rafael et al. leg.; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Manaus, 24 km of Embrapa-CPAA; 20 Aug. 1993; A. Pamplona leg.; light; CEMT. – Distrito Federal • 1 spec.; Brasília, Plano Piloto; 31 May 1958; Bello leg.; CEMT • 3 specs; Brasília, Embrapa Cerrados; 15°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 24 Mar. 2006; C. Oliveira leg.; agricultural area; light; CEMT. – Espírito Santo • 1 spec.; Linhares, Res. Vale Rio Doce; 19°14′46″ S, 39°57′40″ W; elev. 12 m; 5–6 May 2007; J.A. Rafael and F. Xavier leg.; light; CEMT. – Mato Grosso • 3 specs; Chapada dos Guimarães; 27 Apr. 2001; A.F. Ramos leg.; light; CEMT • 4 specs; same data as for preceding; 28 Apr. 2001; CEMT • 1 spec.; Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau; 16 Jan. 2008; O. Peres-Filho leg.; light; CEMT • 2 specs; same data as for preceding, airport; 9°51′52″ S, 58°13′45″ W; 2 Oct. 2017; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello et al. leg.; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Cuiabá; 15°16′45″ S, 56°00′06″ W; 7 Jul. 2015; A. Frolov and L. Ahkmetova leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Sesc Pantanal; 15 Sep. 2004; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Tangará da Serra, Fazenda Três Rios; 14°21′ S, 57°42′ W; elev. 592 m; Feb. 2008; N. Degallier leg.; Cerrado; pitfall; CEMT. – Mato Grosso do Sul • 1 spec.; Corumbá, Fazenda São Bento, Prox. Porto Jofre; 14 Apr. 2011; R.V. Nunes leg.; light; CEMT • 3 specs; Selvíra, UNESP Farm; 1 Oct. 1992; C.A.H. Flechtmann leg.; Brachiaria decumbens pasture; CEMT • 2 specs; same data as for preceding; 7 Nov. 1991; CEMT. – Minas Gerais • 2 specs; Cordisburgo; Dec. 1997; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Viçosa; May 1998; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT. – Paraná • 3 specs; Guaratuba, Portal do Itararé; elev. 900 m; 15 Apr. 2005; Grossi and Caron leg.; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Icaraíma, Estância Felipe; 23°20′32″ S, 53°39′09″ W; elev. 300 m; 2019; Felipe and Rodrigues leg.; CEMT. – Pernambuco • 1 spec.; Afrânio; 8°31′53″ S, 41°02′59″ W; elev. 550 m; 16 May 2007; J.A. Rafael and F. Xavier leg.; light; CEMT. – Rio Grande do Sul • 5 specs; Bagé; 31°21′05″ S, 54°01′13″ W; elev. 232 m; 4 Jan. 2016; R.N. Sisti et al. leg.; forest; CEMT • 1 spec.; Santa Cruz do Sul, Cerro Alegre; 29°48′11″ S, 52°19′51″ W; 21 Jan. 2012; R. Bohn leg.; annual crop; bovine feces; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 29°48′18″ S, 52°19′55″ W; CEMT • 8 specs; same data as for preceding; 29°48′18″ S, 52°19′55″ W; 21 Jan. 2012; open area; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 29°48′05″ S, 52°19′39″ W; 11 Feb. 2012; CEMT. – Rondônia • 2 specs; 62 km S of Ariquemes, Fazenda Rancho Grande; Feb. 1997; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello and Vulinec leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Porto Velho, Rio das Graças, Bom Jesus; 8°49′47″ S, 63°46′51″ W; 22 Oct. 2017; D.C. Santos and L. Silvia leg.; FIT; CEMT. – Santa Catarina • 1 spec.; Florianópolis, Lagoa do Peri; 27°43′ S, 48°32′ W; Feb. 2009; A. Martins and M. Hernández leg.; Atlantic forest; CEMT. – São Paulo • 1 spec.; Anhembi; ESALQ/USP; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; CEMT • 8 specs; Anhembi, ESALQ/USP, Petrobras; 22°42′ S, 47°39′ W; 2 Apr. 2013; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; light; CEMT • 6 specs; Anhembi, ESALQ/USP; 22°43′ S, 48°10′ W; 2 Apr. 2013; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; E. urophylla; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Anhembi, ESALQ/USP, R. Legal; 22°43′ S, 48°10′ W; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; light; CEMT • 2 specs; Anhembi, ESALQ/USP; 22°43′ S, 49°11′ W; 2 Apr. 2013; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; E. grandis; light; CEMT.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Mississippi • 4 specs; Lafayette, Oxford; 8 Sep. 1995; P.K. Lago leg.; CEMT.

Sexual dimorphism

Females with meso- and metatarsus shorter than tibiae; abdomen is more convex than in males and disc of pygidium is wider and shorter compared with that of males.

Collecting information

Specimens have been collected with light traps in pastures of Urochloa decumbens, Cerrado regions and in tropical rainforests.

Remarks

Platytomus longulus and Platytomus freudei are here treated as a complex of species due to the difficulties encountered when trying to distinguish them.

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 pages 176-177, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175, http://zenodo.org/record/19369988

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D87BEFF0BFF43FF61F88DFD25F837

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/19369988 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB4FFC6FFA4FFF3FFDCFF9DFFF4FFB3 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/09FBBB01-5A0B-4329-A627-3946B9814D44 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/038D87BEFF0BFF43FF61F88DFD25F837 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/318350646 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314725/taxon/038D87BEFF0BFF43FF61F88DFD25F837.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CEMT
Event date
1958-05-31 , 1991-11-07 , 1992-10-01 , 1993-08-20 , 1995-09-08 , 2001-04-27 , 2001-04-28 , 2004-09-15 , 2005-04-15 , 2006-03-24 , 2007-05-05 , 2007-05-16 , 2008-01-16 , 2010-11-06 , 2011-04-14 , 2012-01-21 , 2012-02-11 , 2013-04-02 , 2015-07-07 , 2016-01-04 , 2017-10-02 , 2017-10-22
Verbatim event date
1958-05-31 , 1991-11-07 , 1992-10-01 , 1993-08-20 , 1995-09-08 , 2001-04-28 , 2004-09-15 , 2005-04-15 , 2006-03-24 , 2007-05-05/06 , 2007-05-16 , 2008-01-16 , 2010-11-06/07 , 2011-04-14 , 2012-01-21 , 2012-02-11 , 2013-04-02 , 2015-07-07 , 2016-01-04 , 2017-10-02 , 2017-10-22
Scientific name authorship
CEMT
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Platytomus
Species
longulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Platytomus longulus (Cartwright, 1948) sec. Gama, Skelley & Vaz-De-Mello, 2026

References

  • Cartwright O. L. 1948. The American species of Pleurophorus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74: 131-145.
  • Pittino R. & Mariani G. 1986. A revision of the Old World species of the genus Diastictus Muls. and its allies (Platytomus Muls., Pleurophorus Muls., Afrodiastictus n. gen., Bordatius n. gen.) (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae, Psammodiini). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3 (12): 1-165.