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

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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