Megalopinus cephalotes
Creators: name: Puthz, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Megalopinus
Megalopinus cephalotes

description: Megalopinus cephalotes (ERICHSON 1840) (Abb. 181)
Megalops cephalotes ERICHSON 1840: 752; L. BENICK 1917: 190, 291
Megalopsidia cephalotes; L. BENICK 1937: 83; 1952: 72, 75
Megalopinus cephalotes; PUTHZ 1976: 41
Material: Ausser dem schon 1976 mitgeteilten Material, sah ich noch: Mexiko: 1: Teapa, Sallé (Syntypus von " incultus var. " SHARP (NHML)); 1: Chiapas,, 2 mi W Lazardo Cardenas, 26. VI. 1969, Campbell & Bright (CNC); 1: Chis., 5 mi SW El Bosque, 5. VII. 1969, J. & M. Campbell (CNC); 1: Chis., Hwy 24, 9 mi SE Teopisca, idem (CNC); 1: Chis., 3 mi N Simojovel, 10. VI. 1969, idem (CNC); 1: 8 km S Chicoasen, 690m, sifted from leaf litter, 1. VI. 1991, J. Ashe 42 (KSEM); 1; 1: El Aguacero, 16 km W of Ocozocaautla, FIT, 10., 13. VI. 1990, H. & A. Howden (FMCh); 1: Oaxaca, Route 131, 127 km S. Oaxaca, 6000 feet, 11. V. 1971, J. M. Cambell (CNC); 1, 1: San Luis Potosi, El Salto de Agua, sifting, 20. VI. 1975, L. E. Watrous (FMCh); 1: Sonora, 13 mi SE Alamos, 30. X. 1972, K. Stephan (FMCh). Costa Rica: 1: San José, H. Schmidt (DEI); 1: La Caja, 8 km W San José, idem (DEI); 1: Cartago, 10 km S Tapanti, Rio Grande de Orosi, 9 o 42’N, 83 o 47’W, 1500m, berlese moss on logs and loam, 14. IV. 1973, Wagner & Kethley (FMCh); 1: Guanacaste, Maritza Biol. Station, 550m, FIT, 22. V. 1993, Ashe 36 (KSEM). Panama: 1: Paraiso, on nut palm, 11. III. 1926, E. A. Schwarz (USNM). Kolumbien: 1, 1: Bahia de Gairaca, Tayrona-Park, ca. 20 km NE Sta Marta, Falllaub, 19. VI. 1985, H.-G. Müller (cP); 1, 1: Magdalena, Sevilla, Darlington (MCZH); 1: Magdalena, Cañaveral, 11 o 19’N, 73 o 56’W, 200m, dry forest litter, 11. VIII. 1985, J. Longino 708 (KSEM). Venezuela: 1: "Venezuela", Moritz (NHMW); 1: Trujillo Prov., 6,1 km N Bocono, 5300 feet, 31. III. 1992, litter near stream, L. Hermann 2657 (AMNH). TRINIDAD: 1: Morne Bleue, 2700 feet, 12. VIII. 1969, H. A. Howden (KSEM). Französisch Guayana: 1: Roura, Fourgassie env., 15.-20. XII. 2006, Suizek (coll. Schülke); 2: Kaw Mountains, 1. X. 2008 (coll. Schmidl). Brasilien: 4, 2: Parana, Guarapuava, IX. 1959, I. 1960, H. Schneider (CNC, cP); 1: Parana, Rio Negro, Reichensperger (NHMW); 1: Ponta Negro near Manaus AMA, 5. XI. 1969, Campbell (CNC); 1: Minas Geraes, Pedra Azul, 900m, IX. 1972, M. Alvarenga (AMNH); 1: Guanabara, Represa Rio Grande, III. 1972, idem (AMNH); 1: Goias, Padre Bernardo, 14. IV. 1984, J. Dalmacio (cP); 1: Distrito Federal, Res. Ecol. IGBE km 0 BR 251, 21. XI. 1984, J. Dalmacio (cP); 12, 14: Nova Teutonia, 1957-1972, F. Plaumann (CNC, FMCh, cP); 2, 4: Chapeco, 600m, VI-IX. 1960, idem (CNC, cP); 1: Sinimbu, 200m, IX. 1960, idem (CNC); 1: Rio de Janeiro, Fry (cP); 1: Blumenau (NHMW); 2: São Paulo, Mraz (Mus. Prag); 1: São Paulo, Barneri, 13. I. 1962, K. Lenko (CNC); 1: Rive gauche du Paraiba, IX. 1884, Ph. Germain (Mus. Paris). Paraguay: 1: Concepcion, Isla Real-Est. Sta. Maria, 20. X. 1979 (MHNG); 1: Canendiya, Itauara, 430m, 27. X. 1979 (MHNG); 1, 1: Itapua, Yatai, prop. Hostettler family, San Rafael Reserve, 26 o 38. 17’S, 55 o 39. 50’W. 100m, pyrethrum fogging fungusy logs, 22. XI. 2000, Falin (KSEM). Argentinien: 1: Prov. Jujuy, 30. VII. 1906, Bruch (IRSNB); 1: Tucuman, 5. X. 1929, Box (Mus. Buenos Aires); 1: Iguazu, I. 1988, Förster (coll. Schülke).
Bemerkungen:DieseArtgehörtzudeninderNeotropisamweitestverbreiteten. Den Aedoeagus mit den charakteristisch breiten Parameren zeigt Abb. 181.
description: Published as part of Puthz, V., 2012, Über die neuweltlichen Megalopinus-Arten (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (24. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Megalopsidiinen), pp. 613-834 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 676, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328273