Callistethus Blanchard 1851
Creators: name: Paucar-Cabrera, Aura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Rutelidae
Callistethus

description: Callistethus Blanchard, 1851   
 Callistethus aequatorialis (Ohaus, 1897) *   
 Distribution. Recorded from 300–2770 m. Subtropical west, temperate, subtropical east, tropical east.   
 Locality Data. 59 specimens examined from QCAZ, MLJC, and USNM. Additional records from Ohaus (1908): Cotopaxi (35): Cusubamba, Las Pampas, Latacunga. Chimborazo (1): Riobamba Imbabura (2): San Pablo. Napo (9): Cosanga­Tena, Río Salado, Tena, Río Hollín. Pichincha (1): Quito. Sucumbíos (5): Tarapoa (via Cuyabeno), San Rafael. Tungurahua (7): Baños, Patate, Refugio.   
 Temporal Data. May (2), June (2), July (1), August (6), October (37), November (9), December (1).   
 Callistethus bimaculatus (Blanchard, 1851)   
 Distribution. Recorded from 10– 745 m. Tropical southwest.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Records from Ohaus (1908): Guayas (4): Bucay, Daule, Guayaquil, Naranjal. Los Ríos (2): Babahoyo, Quevedo.   
 Temporal Data: No data.   
 Callistethus buchwaldianus (Ohaus, 1908) *   
 Distribution. Recorded at 100 m. Tropical southwest   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Ohaus (1908): Los Ríos (1): Quevedo.   
Temporal Data: No data.  
 Callistethus cupricollis Chevrolat, 1875   
 Distribution. Recorded from 10–2800 m. Tropical northwest, subtropical west, temperate, subtropical east, tropical east.   
 Locality Data. 172 specimens examined from QCAZ: Cotopaxi (7): La Maná Guasaganda. Esmeraldas (38): Borbón, Cupa, La Boca, La Sexta, Mayronga, Montalvo, Quinindé, Río Cayapas San Miguel, Río Durango, Viruela­Río Cayapas, San Lorenzo. No data. Loja (2): La Toma, Malacatos. Morona Santiago (25): Macas. Napo (32): Archidona, Coca, Jatún Sacha, Jibaría Shurupe, Jumandi, Lago Agrio, Misahuallí, Pano, Río Blanco, Río Guataraco, Río Hollín (Hondachi­Loreto km 15), Río Salado, Shushufindi, Talag­Marungachi, Yasuní Scientific Station, Yasuní. Pastaza (7): Mera, Montalvo. Pichincha (57): Alluriquín, Cumbayá, Chavespamba, El Quinche, Guayllabamba, La Armenia, La Florida, Las Pampas Argentinas, Los Bancos Piedra de Vapor, Mindo, Mitad del Mundo, Nanegalito, Nayón, Perucho, Pomasqui, Puembo, Puerto Quito, Quito, San Rafael, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo­Chone (km 26), Tandapi, Tandayapa, Tinalandia, Tumbaco. Sucumbíos (3): La Bonita, Nueva Loja, Río Aguarico. Zamora Chinchipe (1): Zamora.   
 Temporal Data. January (21), February (20), March (7), April (9), May (12), June (30), July (3), August (10), September (4), October (10), November (25), December (20).   
 Callistethus granulipygus (Bates, 1888)   
 Distribution. Recorded from 100– 745 m. Tropical northwest, tropical southwest.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Records from Ohaus (1908): Guayas (1): Naranjito. Los Ríos (2): Babahoyo, Quevedo.   
 Temporal data. No data.   
 Callisthetus marginatus (Fabricius, 1792)   
 Distribution. Recorded at 2000 m. Subtropical east.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Ohaus (1897): Pastaza (1): Sarayacu.   
 Temporal Data. No data.   
 Callistethus naponensis (Ohaus, 1897) *   
 Distribution. Tropical east.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Ohaus (1897): Napo (1): Río Napo.   
 Temporal data. No data.   
 Callistethus puncticollis (Kirsch, 1885) *   
 Distribution. No data.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Ohaus (1908): Pastaza (1): Río Pastaza.   
 Temporal Data. No data.   
 Callistethus sulcans (Bates, 1888)   
 Distribution. Recorded from 100–2800 m. Tropical northwest, tropical southwest, subtropical west, temperate, tropical east.   
 Locality Data. 110 specimens examined from QCAZ: Cotopaxi (10): Las Pampas, Palo Quemado. Los Ríos (1): Montalvo. Napo (2): Archidona, Scientific Station Yasuní. Pichincha (97): Alluriquín, Nanegalito, Puerto Quito, Quito, Río Memé, San Rafael, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo La Magdalena, Tandapi, Tinalandia, Toachi.   
 Temporal Data. January (8), March (3), May (7), June (4), July (1), September (21), October (42), November (6), December (17).   
 Callistethus validus (Burmeister, 1844)   
 Distribution. Recorded at 100 m. Tropical southwest.   
 Locality Data. No specimens examined. Records from Ohaus (1908): Guayas (1): Bucay. Los Ríos (1): Quevedo.   
 Temporal Data. No data.
description: Published as part of Paucar-Cabrera, Aura, 2005, A catalog and distributional analysis of the Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Ecuador, pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 948 (1) on pages 17-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.948.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5046250