Neotrichaphodioides caracanus

Neotrichaphodioides caracanus (Balthasar, 1970) Figs 5C–D, 37A Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) caracanus Balthasar, 1970: 250. Gonaphodiellus (Gonaphodiellus) martinsi Petrovitz, 1970: 227. Neotrichaphodioides caracanus – Dellacasa et al. 2010b: 3. Diagnosis Length 3.5–4.5 mm. Body light testaceous. Head with clypeus weakly sinuate, rounded. Pronotum with punctures of two sizes; posterior margin weakly sinuate. Elytra lighter than head and pronotum with darkened rounded spot; interstriae weakly convex. Material examined BRAZIL – Distrito Federal • 1 ♂; Planaltina, Embrapa Cerrados; 15°36′20″ S, 47°42′26″ W; 7 Oct. 2005; C. Oliveira leg.; cerrado fragment; light; CEMT • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 20 Oct. 2005; native cerrado; CEMT • 8 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 15°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 2 Dec. 2005; agricultural area; CEMT • 9 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 15°36′16″ S, 47°44′16″ W; native cerrado; CEMT • 4 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 15°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 18 Nov. 2005; agricultural area; CEMT • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 15°36′16″ S, 47°44′16″ W; native cerrado; CEMT • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5 Jan. 2006; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5°35′54″ S, 47°42′51″ W; 19 Jan. 2006; agricultural area; CEMT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 19 Jun. 2006; CEMT • 42 ♂♂, 91 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 15°36′20″ S, 47°42′16″ W; 3 Nov. 2006; CEMT. – Mato Grosso • 1 ♂; Chapada dos Guimarães; 11 Dec. 2000; A.F. Ramos leg.; light; CEMT • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; Santuário dos Elefantes; 2 Nov. 2019; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT. – Minas Gerais • 1 ♂; Ijací, Fazenda FAEPE; Nov. 2002; J. Louzada leg.; CEMT. Sexual dimorphism Males with labial palpomere enlarged, head wider and clypeus less sinuate than that of females; females with head and pronotum more densely punctate. Collecting information Specimens are easily collected at light in Cerrado and agricultural areas. This species was found at altitudes up to 1380 m (Dellacasa et al. 2010b).