Oxysternon silenus (scarab beetle)
Abundance: 0.02 to 6.24% (median 0.44%)
Latitudinal range: -14.6° to 5.0°Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6) only
Found in 6 samples
Bolivia: Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado (1997 forest samples)
Brazil: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (diurnal traps), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps)
Ecuador: Chiruisla Station
French Guiana: Paracou (roadside forest), Mont Grand Matoury National Nature Reserve (February 2009)
See also Oxysternon, Oxysternon conspicillatum, Oxysternon durantoni, Oxysternon festivum, Oxysternon lautum, Oxysternon palemo, Oxysternon sp. 1, Oxysternon spiniferum