Eurysternus (scarab beetle)

Abundance: 0.10 to 36.73% (median 3.51%)

Latitudinal range: -31.4° to 21.6°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (33), tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

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Found in 49 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), Viçosa (horse dung), Ilha Solteira, Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (open habitat), Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (forest habitat), Campos Novos (feces baited), Barreiro Protection Area (cerrado), Morro do Elefante, Morro do Cerrito, Campus da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Bagé (Eucalyptus spp.), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (clearcuts), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (1 ha forest fragment), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (10 ha forest fragment), Guajarâ Mirim e Nova Mamoré (baço bovino), Mata Seca State Park (December)

Colombia: Elí Farm (howler monkey dung baited), Elí Farm (woolly monkey dung baited), Piritâma II, Serranía de Coroza (dry forest, rainy season), Reserva Natural La Planada (secondary forest site 1), Reserva Natural La Planada (pasture site 1), Serranía de Coroza (livestock use area, rainy season)

Ecuador: Chiruisla Station, Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (May 1975), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (February 1976), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (July 1976)

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: Boca del Chajul, Los Tuxtlas (continuous forest), Los Tuxtlas (howlers present), Los Tuxtlas (howlers absent), Santa Rosa, Los Tuxtlas (mosaic habitat), Los Tuxtlas (forest fragments)

Panama: El Hato del Volcan (large traps)

Suriname: Kutari

See also Eurysternus 'bicolor', Eurysternus aeneus, Eurysternus angustulatus, Eurysternus arnaudi, Eurysternus atrosericus, Eurysternus balachowskyi, Eurysternus calligrammus, Eurysternus cambeforti, Eurysternus caribaeus, Eurysternus cayennensis, Eurysternus claudicans, Eurysternus confusus, Eurysternus cyclops, Eurysternus foedus, Eurysternus francinae, Eurysternus hamaticollis, Eurysternus hirtellus, Eurysternus hypocrita, Eurysternus impressicollis, Eurysternus inflexus, Eurysternus jessopi, Eurysternus magnus, Eurysternus marmoreus, Eurysternus mexicanus, Eurysternus parallelus, Eurysternus plebejus, Eurysternus sp., Eurysternus sp. 3, Eurysternus sp. A, Eurysternus sp. B, Eurysternus squamosus, Eurysternus strigilatus, Eurysternus vastiorum, Eurysternus velutinus, Eurysternus ventricosus, Eurysternus wittmerorum