Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright, 1967 Figs 27F, 58A Cartwrightia cartwrighti Cartwright, 1967: 4. Diagnosis Length 3.0 mm. Head with clypeus sinuate; frontoclypeal and genal suture elevated. Pronotal lateral margins sinuated; disc with one transverse, almost completely glossy and strongly punctate anterior carina with three longitudinal carinae parting from it; lateral carinae interrupted by oblique furrow; middle carina bifurcate near posterior margin; all carinae glabrous and glossy. Elytra with humeral denticle fine but evident. Material examined ARGENTINA – Corrientes • 4 specs; Corrientes, Barrio Víctor Colas; 27°28′50″ S, 58°47′18″ W; elev. 64 m; 21 Oct. 2012; M.I. Polesel et al. leg.; CEMT. BRAZIL – Goiás • 1 spec.; Goiânia; 12 Jan. 2002; S.S. Silva leg.; CEMT. – Mato Grosso • 1 spec.; Poconé, Parque Sesc Baixa das Pedra; 13 Sep. 2018; G.B. Silva and L.G.P. Dantas leg.; pitfall; CEMT • 1 spec.; Poconé, Sesc Pantanal; Nov. 2016; S. Montoya leg.; CEMT. – Mato Grosso do Sul • 2 specs; Corumbá, Passo do Lontra; Feb. 1996; J. Louzada and F.Z. Vaz de Mello leg.; human dung; CEMT. – Paraná • 1 spec.; Londrina; Nov.–Dec. 1998; I.M. Medri leg.; CEMT. Sexual dimorphism Males with apical spur of protibiae long, downwardly and inwardly bent. Penultimate abdominal ventrite shortened. Female spur almost straight, weakly downwardly bent. Penultimate abdominal ventrite similar to the others. Collecting information Cartwrightia cartwrighti were collected at altitudes ranging from 64 to 1000 metres. Specimens were collected with flight intercept and black light traps, in coffee forest litter, and appear to be attracted to human dung (Cartwright 1967).

Published as part of Gama, Emanuel R. R., Skelley, Paul E. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2026, Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil, pp. 1-225 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1038 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175