Gonaphodioides chapini CEMT

Gonaphodioides chapini (Hinton, 1934) Figs 4A, C, 35B Aphodius chapini Hinton, 1934b: 189. Aphodius ataenioides Hinton, 1938: 123. Aphodius (Blackburneus) castanescens Petrovitz, 1973: 145. Aphodius (Blackburneus) ataenioides – Dellacasa 1987: 229. Aphodius (Blackburneus) chapini – Dellacasa 1987: 351. Gonaphodiellus (s. lat.) chapini – Skelley et al. 2007: 4. Gonaphodioides chapini – Dellacasa et al. 2012: 17. Diagnosis Length 4.0– 4.5 mm. Body dark testaceous. Pronotum with punctures moderate, somewhat equally distant; punctures laterally closer. Elytral interstriae convex. Superior apical spur of metatibiae 1/4 shorter than first tarsomere of metatarsus. Material examined BRAZIL – Acre • 1 spec.; Assis Brasil; 10°35′44″ S, 69°37′12″ W; 23 Sep. 2016; Ortiz and Borges leg.; CDC light trap; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; 10°35′44″ S, 69°37′11″ W; 18 Nov. 2016; wild environment; CEMT. Sexual dimorphism Female with apical spur of protibia slender, elongate and outward curved. Collecting information This species can be found at altitudes up to 1300 metres. Specimens were collected with CDC light traps, flight intercept traps and are attracted to pig, human and horse dung (Dellacasa et al. 2012).