New distributional data on Oxysternon pteroderum Nevinson, 1892 (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Phanaeini) and its possible implications in conservation

By

França, Filipe Machado
Silva, Fernando Augusto
Souza, João
Grossi, Paschoal Coelho, 1981-
Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

174

Pages

1-6

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Cerrado , Coleoptera , dung beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.174.2659

 

Abstract

New distributional data are reported on the rare phanaeine dung beetle, Oxysternon pteroderum Nevinson, 1892, based on five specimens recently collected between 1985 and 2010. Before the present study, Oxysternun pteroderum had been reported solely from the super-moist Atlantic coastal forests of southeastern Brazil. We now believe that the distribution of O. pteroderum follows the riparian areas of large rivers connected to the super-moist forest ecosystem.