Scybalocanthon nigriceps ( Harold, 1868 )

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 81-82

§ Scybalocanthon nigriceps ( Harold, 1868)

Canthon nigriceps Harold 1868a: 49 ( French Guiana, Brazil) Distribution. French Guiana: Harold 1868a: 49 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Balthasar 1939e: 193 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Blackwelder 1944: 200 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 119; Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 638. Brazil: Harold 1868a: 49 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Gillet 1911b: 31 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Balthasar 1939e: 193 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Blackwelder 1944: 200 (as Canthon nigriceps ); Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 119; Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 638; Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 195; Ferreira et al. 2017: 1636; Silva and Valois 2019: 329. Other: Ferreira et al. 2017: 1636 ( Bolivia, Paraguay); Silva and Valois 2019: 329 ( Argentina, Paraguay).

Note. To our knowledge there are no recent records of Scybalocanthon nigriceps for the research area. The records for French Guiana in Balthasar (1939e: 193), Blackwelder (1944: 200), Pereira and Martínez (1956b: 119) and Vulcano and Pereira (1964: 638) appear to have been taken from Harold (1868a: 49), with the latter possibly being based on a mislabeled specimen. According to Silva and Valois (2019: 329), this species is restricted to an area in southern Brazil, southern Paraguay and northern Argentina. This species is absent from the research area.