Oxelytrum anticola (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)

Giraldo-Mendoza, Alfredo Edgardo, 2025, Distribution records of the main forensically important species of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Peru, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (2), pp. 323-338 : 332

Oxelytrum anticola (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)

Material examined. (27 specimens) PERU, 1 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Carhuaz, Carhuaz (2638 m); 1 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Carhuaz, Marcara (2726 m); 1 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Huaraz, Huaraz (3052 m); 1 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Huari, Pontó (2700 m); 1 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Yungay, Mancos, Tingua (2575 m); 2 ( UNASAM) , Ancash, Yungay, Tumpa (3006 m); 4 ( MUSM) , on sheep carcass, Ayacucho, Lucanas, Puquio (14°40'51.59"S 74°03'39.60"W, 3841m), 21-I-2022, A. Giraldo leg.; 1 ( MUSM) , on sheep carcass, Ayacucho, Lucanas, Puquio (14°40'51.59"S 74°03'39.60"W, 3841m), 02-III-2022, A. Giraldo leg.; 1 ( MUSM) , Ayacucho, Sucre, Santiago de Paucaray (14°03'09.78''S 73°38'29.21''W, 3276 m), 09-XI-2021, E. Gamboa leg.; 4 ( UNPRG) , on cougar carcass, Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Namora, Fundo Santa María (07°12'32.39"S 78°21'10.79"W, 2967 m); 1 ( MUSM) , Cajamarca, San Miguel, Tongod (06°47'41.71"S 78°52'55.66"W, 3588 m), 07-V-2021, N. Zenteno leg.; 1 ( MUSM) , on pitfall trap, Ica, Palpa, Tibillo (14°04'24.87"S 75°13'35.06"W, 3187 m), 07-08-XI-2021, L. Ramírez leg.; 1 ( MUSM) , Junín, Huancayo, Pariahuanca (11°54'41.40"S 74°56'20.30"W, 3355 m), 23-VI-2019, E. Medina leg.; 2 ( MUSM) , on dog carcass, Puno, Puno, Pichacani, 1.3 km NE to Ayuncora (16°04'40.79"S 70°00'39.59"W, 3978 m), 24-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg.; 5 ( MUSM) , on pitfall trap (rotten flaked tuna), Tacna, Tarata, near to Ticaco (17°26'31.20"S 69°58'51.59"W, 3921 m), 23-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg.

Distribution. Bolivia, Ecuador. PERU. Ancash (Bolognesi, Carhuaz, Huaraz, Huari, Yungay), Apurimac (Aymaraes), Arequipa (Arequipa), Ayacucho (Huamanga, Lucanas, Sucre), Cajamarca (Cajamarca, San Miguel), Cusco (Canchis, Cusco), Ica (Palpa), Junin (Huancayo, Jauja), La Libertad (Bolivar, Sanchez Carrion), Lima (Huarochiri), Moquegua (Mariscal Nieto), Piura (Ayabaca, Huancabamba), Puno (Puno), Tacna (Candarave, Tarata) ( Giraldo-Mendoza, 2016; Bustamante et al., 2017; Oré, 2017; Rossi et al., 2018; Infante, 2021; Juárez & González, 2019, 2021; Briceño et al., 2022). In Andean foothills and Andean highlands ( Fig. 1G).