Published February 2, 2026 | Version v1
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Flechtmanniella laticollis CEMT

  • 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

Flechtmanniella laticollis (Petrovitz, 1973)

Figs 17C–D, 45A

Euparia laticollis Petrovitz, 1973: 181.

Flechtmannia laticollis – Stebnicka 1999a: 287.

Flechtmanniella laticollis – Stebnicka 1999c: 287.

Diagnosis

Same as for the genus.

Material examined

BRAZIL Bahia • 2 specs; Caravelas; Mar. 1997; R. Diniz leg.; CEMT. Mato Grosso • 1 spec.; Cuiabá, Flor do Cerrado; 15°29′38″ S, 56°4′36″ W; 15 Nov. 2015; A. Frolov leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Cuiabá, Res. Coxipó; Oct. 2018; F.M. Lima leg.; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Diamantino, Reserve Vale da Solidão; 14°22′ S, 56°07′ W; elev. 450 m; 29 Oct. 2013; E. Furtado leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Porto Estrela, EE Serra das Araras, heliporto; 15°39′19″ S, 57°12′50″ W; 21 Nov. 2017; R.J.P. Machado and R. Nunes leg.; light; CEMT • 1 spec.; Nova Xavantina, Fazenda Abonizia; 14°45′52″ S, 52°33′17″ W; elev. 406 m; 14–16 Feb. 2019; R.J. Silva and R.S.A. Silva leg.; Cerrado Campo Limpo com área inundada; pitfall hum dung; CEMT. Mato Grosso do Sul • 1 spec.; Guia Lopes da Laguna; 15 Nov. 2007; A. Abot leg.; light trap; CEMT • 1 spec.; Selvíria, UNESP farm; 30 Oct. 2000; C.A.H. Flechtmann leg.; Brachiaria decumbens pasture; black light trap; CEMT • 1 spec.; Três Lagoas, Horto Rio Verde, Tres Lagoas Agroflorestal; 15 Feb. 1994; C.A.H. Flechtmann leg.; Cerrado satand; black light trap; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 19 Oct. 2003; CEMT. Minas Gerais • 1 spec.; Buenopolis, PE Serrado Cabral; 17°55′18″ S, 44°14′26″ W; 17 Apr. 2008 M. F. Souza leg.; 1041 mosl, hum dung; CEMT. São Paulo • 1 spec.; Anhembi, ESALQ/USP; E.N.L. Ferreira leg.; CEMT.

Sexual dimorphism

Males with apical spur of protibiae downward and inward curved; males with thicker tarsus when compared with females.

Collecting information

Specimens were collected with light traps in pastures of Urochloa decumbens and Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden forests. Some specimens were also found in nests of Acromyrmex lobicornis (Emery, 1888) (Stebnicka 1999a, 2007a).

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 109-110, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175, http://zenodo.org/record/19369988

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References

  • Petrovitz R. 1973. Neue Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae und Acanthocerinae aus der Neotropischen Region (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Studia Entomologica 16 (1 - 4): 141-202.
  • Stebnicka Z. T. 1999 a. Neotropical Eupariini: New and little known genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 106: 285-300. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80079
  • Stebnicka Z. T. 1999 c. Flechtmanniella, a new name for Flechtmannia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 42 (2): 287.
  • Stebnicka Z. T. 2007 a. New species of Iarupea Martinez and morphological specializations among related taxa associated with ants and termites (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 573-590. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80404