Oxysternon (scarab beetle)

Abundance: 0.02 to 24.15% (median 2.66%)

Latitudinal range: -15.5° to 5.0°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (16), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 19 samples

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

Brazil: Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (contiguous forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (diurnal traps), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (1 ha forest fragment), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (10 ha forest fragment), Area de Proteçäo Ambiental de Cafuringa (feces-baited), Guajarâ Mirim e Nova Mamoré (baço bovino)

Colombia: Reserva Natural La Planada (pasture site 1), Reserva Natural La Planada (cropland site 1)

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)

Suriname: Kutari

See also Oxysternon conspicillatum, Oxysternon durantoni, Oxysternon festivum, Oxysternon lautum, Oxysternon palemo, Oxysternon silenus, Oxysternon sp. 1, Oxysternon spiniferum