Deltochilum (scarab beetle)

Abundance: 0.03 to 41.18% (median 7.55%)

Latitudinal range: -31.4° to 37.2°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (17), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (35), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

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Found in 60 samples

Bolivia: Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado (1997 forest samples)

Brazil: Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (contiguous forest), Fazenda Encanto (human feces baited), Fazenda Encanto (bovine meat baited), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (diurnal traps), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps), Viçosa (cow dung), Ilha Solteira, Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (open habitat), Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (forest habitat), Campos Novos (feces baited), Campos Novos (carrion baited), Morro do Elefante, Morro do Cerrito, Campus da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Bagé (Eragrostis plana), Bagé (Eucalyptus spp.), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (1 ha forest fragment), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (10 ha forest fragment), Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (wet season), Area de Proteçäo Ambiental de Cafuringa (feces-baited), Guajarâ Mirim e Nova Mamoré (baço bovino), Mata Seca State Park (December)

Colombia: Piritâma II, Reserva Natural La Planada (primary forest site 1), Serranía de Coroza (dry forest, rainy season), Refugio del Oso de Anteojos, Reserva Natural La Planada (secondary forest site 1), Reserva Natural La Planada (pasture site 1), Reserva Natural La Planada (cropland site 1), Serranía de Coroza (livestock use area, rainy season)

Ecuador: Chiruisla Station

French Guiana: Paracou (roadside forest), Nouragues Biological Field Station (hour 21), Nouragues Research Station (2003 FIT/creek), Paracou (interior forest), Nouragues Research Station (November 2007), Amazone Nature Lodge (February 2009), Mont Grand Matoury National Nature Reserve (February 2009)

Mexico: San Jose de la Victoria, Boca del Chajul, Los Tuxtlas (coati dung/nocturnal), Los Tuxtlas (continuous forest), Los Tuxtlas (howlers present), Los Tuxtlas (howlers absent), Jalcomulco, Real Minero, Santa Rosa, San Martín Volcano (forest fragments), Vicente Guerrero (IF), San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges), Los Tuxtlas (mosaic habitat), Los Tuxtlas (forest fragments), San Fernando (tropical deciduous forest), Tepexco (June)

Suriname: Kutari

United States: Blackbeard Island, Cumberland Island, Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (no harvest management)

See also Deltochilum aequinoctiale, Deltochilum amazonicum, Deltochilum apicalis, Deltochilum boreus, Deltochilum brasiliense, Deltochilum calcaratum, Deltochilum carinatum, Deltochilum cristatum, Deltochilum enceladus, Deltochilum gibbosum, Deltochilum guyanense, Deltochilum guyanensis, Deltochilum icarus, Deltochilum irroratum, Deltochilum komareki, Deltochilum lobipes, Deltochilum mexicanum, Deltochilum morbillosum, Deltochilum obenbergeri, Deltochilum orbiculare, Deltochilum parilae, Deltochilum pseudoicarus, Deltochilum pseudoparile, Deltochilum riehli, Deltochilum robustus, Deltochilum rubripenne, Deltochilum scabriusculum, Deltochilum sculpturatum, Deltochilum septemstriatum, Deltochilum sp., Deltochilum sp. 1, Deltochilum sp. 2, Deltochilum sp. 3, Deltochilum spinipes, Deltochilum subaeneus, Deltochilum submetallicum, Deltochilum thesselatum, Deltochilum valgum, Deltochilum verruciferum