Deltochilum (Deltochilum) orbiculare
Creators: name: Génier, François
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Deltochilum
Deltochilum orbiculare

description: Deltochilum (Deltochilum) orbiculare van Lansberge, 1874
(Figs. 5–6)
van Lansberge 1874: 6 original description (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare) Kolbe 1893: 194 comments, distribution (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Shipp 1897: 196 mention (combination: Telhyboma orbiculare)
Gillet 1911: 36 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Paulian 1938: 244 monograph (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Pessôa & Lane 1941: 429 identification key, diagnosis, distribution (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare) Balthasar 1941: 344 distribution (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Blackwelder 1944: 203 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Lane 1946: 174 mention (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare)
Pereira & Martínez 1956: 121 mention (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 647 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 555 identification key (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Escobar 2000: 201 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Medina et al. 2001: 136 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Medina et al. 2003: 65 mention (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Pulido et al. 2003: 54 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Noriega-Alvarado 2004: 40 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare) Celi et al. 2004: 43 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Pulido et al. 2007: 307 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Carpio et al. 2009: 463 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Medina & Pulido 2009: 59 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare) González et al. 2009: 271 monograph (combination: Deltochilum (Telhyboma) orbiculare) Larsen 2011: 99 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum orbiculare)
Type locality. Bahia.
Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru.
Material examined (38 males, 45 females). BOLIVIA: Alto Beni, elev. 1100 m, i.1976, coll. Peña - 1 female, 1 male (CNC); Río Ichilo, elev. 350 m, [no date], coll. Steinbach - 1 female (CMNC); COCHABAMBA, 124 km E Cochabamba at Río Espíritu Santo, elev. 700 m (17°3'45''S, 65°38'38''W), 1-6.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-31) - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); 16.7 km W Villa Tunari, Avispas, elev. 500 m (17°1'13''S, 65°32'46''W), 10-12.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-67) - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); Estación Biológica El Valle del Sajta, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, elev. 300 m (17°6.48'S, 64°46.94'W), 16-27.xii.2005, coll. S. & J. Peck (2005-47) - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); Estación Biológica El Valle del Sajta, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, 67.5 km E Villa Tunari, elev. 300 m (17°6'19''S, 64°46'57''W), 7-9.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-45) - 2 females (CMNC); same locality, 7- 9.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-48) - 2 females (CMNC); same locality, 7-9.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-46) - 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 7-9.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-47) - 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 7-9.ii.1999, coll. R. Hanley (1999-57) - 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 9-13.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-73) - 1 female (CMNC); same locality, 9-13.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-74) - 1 female (CMNC); same locality, 9-13.ii.1999, coll. R. Hanley (1999-78) - 1 female (CMNC); same locality, 9-13.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-71) - 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 9-13.ii.1999, coll. F. Génier (1999-75) - 1 male (CMNC); Villa Tunari, Hotel El Puente, elev. 357 m (16°59.02'S, 65°24.5'W), 15-27.xii.2005, coll. S. & J. Peck (2005-45) - 1 male (CMNC); Provincia Chapare, Chimoré, elev. 250 m (16°59'56''S, 65°9'17''W), i.1972, coll. A. Martínez - 2 males (CMNC); Regíon subandina, elev. 400 m, [no date], coll. Zischka - 1 male (CMNC); Villa Tunari, (16°58'48''S, 65°25'43''W), xii.1985, coll. Martínez - 2 females, 2 males (CMNC); same locality, xi.1992, coll. Arriagada - 1 female (CMNC); EL BENI, Guanay, (12°31'17''S, 66°49'39''W), xi.1992, coll. L. Peña - 1 female (CMNC); LA PAZ, Chalalán, Río Tuichi, elev. 320 m (14°25.6'S, 67°55.2'W), 10-20.viii.1995, coll. S. Spector - 1 male (CMNC); SANTA CRUZ, Hotel Flora y Fauna, 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, (17°29'S, 63°33'W), 7-12.v.2004, coll. A.R. Cline - 1 female (CMNC); Hotel Flora y Fauna, 4-6 km SSE Buena Vista, elev. 420–450 m (17°29'S, 63°33'W), 2-12.ii.2000, coll. J.E. Wappes - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); Hotel Flora y Fauna, 5 km SSE Buena Vista, elev. 440 m (17°29.925'S, 63°39.128'W), 6-15.xii.2003, coll. S. & J. Peck (2003-130) - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 15- 24.xii.2003, coll. S. & J. Peck (2003-131) - 3 females, 1 male (CMNC); Provincia Ichilo, Buenavista, (17°27'32''S, 63°39'33''W), x.1949, coll. Martínez - 1 female (CMNC); same locality, ii.1950, coll. Martínez - 3 males (CMNC); same locality, iii.1951, coll. Martínez - 1 male (CMNC); BRAZIL: AMAZONAS, Rio Parauary, (4°36'S, 57°47'W), 15.iii.1937, coll. Zellibor-Hauff - 1 female (CMNC); MATO GROSSO, Fazenda São João, Municipio Diamantino, elev. 400 m (14°14'10''S, 56°8'11''W), 11.i.2001, coll. Génier & Vaz de Mello (2001-04) - 3 females (CMNC); same locality, 13.i.2001, coll. Génier & Vaz de Mello (2001-45) - 2 females (CMNC); same locality, 13.i.2001, coll. Génier & Vaz de Mello (2001-46) - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); PARÁ, Tucuruí, (3°46'26''S, 49°41'19''W), i.1979, coll. Alvarenga - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); COLOMBIA: META, Villavicencio, elev. 500 m (4°9'38''N, 73°39'43''W), 29.ii.-5.iii.1972, coll. S. & J. Peck - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); ECUADOR: MORONA-SANTIAGO, Untsuants sitio 7, elev. 900 m, 23.i.2002, coll. J. Celi & M. Ortega - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); PERU: HUANUCO, Tingo María, elev. 700 m (7°10'S, 76°0'W), vii.1974, coll. Bordón - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); same locality, x.1977, coll. P. Arnaud - 1 female, 1 male (CMNC); Universidad, Tingo María, (9°10'S, 76°0'W), xii.1974, coll. Martínez - 8 females, 5 males (CMNC); same locality, vii.1974, coll. Martínez - 1 male (CMNC); MADRE DE DIOS, Castañal Trail, Estación. Biológicas Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manú, elev. 317 m (11°56'41''S, 71°17'0''W), 15-16.x.2000, coll. R. Brooks (2000-13) - 1 female (CMNC); SAN MARTÍN, Alto Porongo, near Tocache, 18.x.1976, coll. J. Schunke L. - 1 male (CMNC); Río Huallaga, near Tocache, (8°11'20''S, 76°30'51''W), 13.viii.1975, coll. J. Schunke L. - 1 female (CMNC); UCAYALI, Lorento, Pucallpa, (8°21'57''S, 74°33'8''W), 11.ix.1978, coll. J. Schunke L. - 1 male (CMNC); Pucallpa, (8°23'58''S, 74°34'39''W), 19.xi.1974, coll. J. Schunke L. - 1 male (CMNC).
Remarks. Aside the characteristic shape of the parameres (Figs. 5–6), this species can be separated externally from all others by the shape of the 7th interstrial carina, which overlaps the elytral lateral edge on most of the length.
description: Published as part of Génier, François, 2012, A new species and notes on the subgenus Deltochilum (Deltochilum) Eschscholtz, 1822 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), pp. 25-36 in Zootaxa 3357 on pages 30-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213648