Saprosites puncticollis Harold, 1867 Figs 24C, 53A Saprosites puncticollis Harold, 1867a: 81. Saprosites sulcifer Schmidt, 1910: 361. Diagnosis Length 3.8 – 4.0 mm. Head punctate; punctures on frons larger than those on clypeus; clypeus emarginate; frontoclypeal suture faint, present as a fine, glabrous and glossy angulate line. Pronotum everywhere coarsely, densely punctate, punctures closer and coarser laterally; posterior margin with marginal line; margin evidenced by a row of coarse punctures; posterior angles serrate. Material examined BRAZIL – Espírito Santo • 2 specs; Domingos Martins, Pq. E. Pedra Azul; elev. 1500 m; Jan. 2000; Lopes-Andrade and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Venda Nova do Imigrante; Nov. 1999; Falquear and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Nov. 1999; Vaz-de-Mello and Serrano leg.; CEMT. – Minas Gerais • 2 specs; Lima Duarte, P.E. Ibitipoca; Jun. 2001; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Viçosa; 17 Nov. 1999; A. Serrano leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Nov. 1999; Vaz-de-Mello and Serrano leg.; CEMT. – Paraná • 4 specs; Castro Socavão, Cachoeira Roncadura; 24 Jun. 2006; Grossi and Parizotto leg.; CEMT. – Rio de Janeiro • 1 spec.; Nova Friburgo, Macaé de Cima; Dec. 1998; Grossi and Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT • 5 specs; same data as for preceding; Jan. 1999; P. Grossi leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding; Jan. 2000; E. Grossi and P. Grossi leg.; FIT; CEMT • 1 spec.; Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Casa do Pesquisador; elev. 750 m; 22–24 Oct. 2010; W. Beiroz and M. Cupello leg.; flight interception trap; CEMT. Sexual dimorphism Males with fifth abdominal ventrite shorter than that of female; males with weakly strigate ventrites; lip of pygidium longer. Collecting information Specimens were found at altitudes up to 1500 m and can be collected with flight intercept traps.

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 pages 154-156, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175