Euspilotus ater Arriagada, 2015

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 : 329

Euspilotus ater Arriagada, 2015

Material examined. (52 specimens) PERU, 1 ( MEKRB) , Ancash, Huaraz, Huaraz , U. Mayolo leg. [G. Arriagada det.]; 1 ( MEKRB) , Ancash, Huaylas, Caraz (2256 m), 12-VI-2004, R. Rodríguez leg. [G. Arriagada det.]; 1 ( MUSM) , on pitfall trap (rotten squid), Lima, Huarochiri , 5 km E of Matucana (2545 m), 12-III-30-IV-2006, V. M. Diéguez leg. [G. Arriagada det.]; 2 ( MEKRB) , 2 ( MUSM), on pitfall trap (rotten chicken gizzards) , Lima, Huarochiri, Matucana (2380 m), 08-IV-08-V-2004, V. M. Diéguez leg. [G. Arriagada det.]; 18 ( MEKRB) , on pig carcass, Lima, Lima, El Agustino, 18-24-VI-2013, L. Grados leg.; 13 ( MEKRB) , on pig carcass, Lima, Lima, El Agustino, 27-30-VI-2013, L. Grados leg.; 2 ( MEKRB) , on pig carcass, Lima, Lima, El Agustino, 03-VII-2013, L. Grados leg.; 9 ( MEKRB) , on pig carcass, Lima, Lima, El Agustino, 22-26-I-2014, L. Grados leg.; 3 ( MEKRB) , on pitfall trap (rotten flaked tuna), Tacna, Tarata, Tarata near to Mirador La Apacheta (17°33'35.99"S 70°01'48.00"W, 3460 m), 22-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg.

Distribution. Argentina, Chile. PERU: Ancash (Corongo, Huaraz, Huaylas), Lima (Canta, Huarochiri, Lima), Tacna (Tarata) ( Grados, 2014; Arriagada, 2015). In coastal desert and Andean foothills ( Fig. 1D).