Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis Cupello & Vaz-De 2018
Creators: name: Cupello, Mario
name: Vaz-De, Fernando Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Sylvicanthon
Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis

description: Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis (Harold, 1868)
Material examined
COSTA RICA: Heredia: 12 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Sarapiquí, Puerto Viejo, Finca La Selva, Jun. 1979, trap with human faeces, T. Ray and C. Andrews leg. (MCZC). – Limón: 1 ♂, Guácimo, EARTH University, pitfall with human faeces, Oct. 2004, K. Beucke leg. (FSCA).
PANAMA: Bocas del Toro: 1 ♂, “ 12–15 km W Punta Peña”, 21–22 Feb. 1999, pitfall with pig dung, Turnbow and Wappes leg. (FSCA). – Chiriquí: 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Gualaca, Hornito, Finca la Suzia, 9–15 May 1999, dung trap, Morris and Wappes leg. (FSCA). – Colón: 1 ♀, Fuerte Sherman, 15–24 Feb. 1999, pitfall with pig dung, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA). – Panama: 3 ♂♂, “ 0.3 km W El Llano”, 12 May 1996, dung trap, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, “ 10–15 km N El Llano”, 425 m, 4–5 Jun. 1986, E. Giesbert, P.H. Sullivan and F.T. Hovore leg. (FSCA); 1 ♂, Barro Colorado Island, K.W. Cooper leg. (FSCA, ex R.E. Woodruff collection); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same collecting data as for preceding (MCZC); 2 ♂♂, Barro Colorado Island, 22 Feb. 1955, C.R. Freund leg. (MCZC); 10 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, Barro Colorado Island, Jul. 1969, J. Lawrence, B. Hlavac and T. Hlavac leg. (MCZC); 256 ♂♂, 97 ♀♀, Barro Colorado Island, Aug. 1969, J. Lawrence, B. Hlavac and T. Hlavac leg. (MCZC); 4 ♂♂, Barro Colorado Island, 30 Oct. 1973, E.J. Gerberg leg. (FSCA); 9 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, Barro Colorado Island, 16–20 Feb. 1976, trap with human faeces, A. Newton leg. (MCZC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Barro Colorado Island, 31 Aug. 1978, trap with dung, A. Forsyth leg. (FSCA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Barro Colorado Island, “Shannon Trail”, 15 Jun. 1961, leaf litter, E.O. Willis leg. (MCZC); 1 ♀, “Canal Zone, Madden Forest”, 14 Dec. 1971, dung trap, H.P. Stockwell leg. (FSCA); 77 ♂♂, 55 ♀♀, “Canal Zone, Pipeline Road, Limbo Hunt Club”, 26 May 1977, pitfall with human faeces, Lloyd R. Davis, Jr. leg. (FSCA); 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Cerro Azul, 12 May 1996, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Cerro Azul, 12–13 May 1996, Wappes, Huether and Morris leg. (FSCA); 8 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Cerro Azul, 21 May 1996, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Cerro Azul, 21–27 May 1996, Wappes, Huether and Morris leg. (FSCA); 3 ♂♂, Cerro Azul, 24 May 1996, pitfall with pig dung, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Cerro Azul, 13–18 Feb. 1999, pitfall with pig dung, Turnbow and Wappes leg. (FSCA); 2 ♂♂, “El Llano-Carti Rd. km 7–9”, 9 May 1996, pitfall with pig dung, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, “El Llano-Carti Rd. km 7–9”, 24 May 1996, pitfall with pig dung, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 1 ♂, “El Llano-Carti Rd. K 8–11”, 1100 m, 24 May–2 Jun. 1992, J.E. Wappes leg. (FSCA); 3 ♂♂, “K 8–13 El Llano-Carti Rd”, 21–24 May 1996, Wappes, Huether and Morris leg. (FSCA); 3 ♀♀, Parque Nacional Soberanía, 19–20 May 1999, Morris and Wappes leg. (FSCA); 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Parque Nacional Soberanía, 23–27 May 1996, Wappes, Huether and Morris leg. (FSCA); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Parque Nacional Soberanía, 26 May 1996, pitfall with pig dung, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 1 ♀, Parque Nacional Soberanía, 27 May 1996, dung trap, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA); 4 ♂♂, “Pipeline Rd K 1–12”, 26–30 Jun. 1997, Wappes and Morris leg. (FSCA); 4 ♀♀, “Pipeline Rd K 1–12”, 30 Jun. 1997, dung trap, Morris and Wappes leg. (FSCA); 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, “Pipeline Rd K 1–12”, 8–9 Jul. 1997, dung trap, Morris and Wappes leg. (FSCA); 13 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, “Pipeline Rd”, 28 Jun.–9 Jul. 1997, R. Turnbow leg. (FSCA).
description: Published as part of Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De, Fernando Z., 2018, A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of ' Canthon sensu lato', pp. 1-205 in European Journal of Taxonomy 467 on page 203, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.467, http://zenodo.org/record/3824775