Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus ( Olivier, 1789 )

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 : 96

§ Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus ( Olivier, 1789)

Scarabaeus bellicosus Olivier 1789: 103 ( Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Olivier 1789: 103 (as Scarabaeus bellicosus ); Olsoufieff 1924: 77 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus ) (?) “Guianas”: Gillet 1911b: 81 (as Phanaeus bellicosus ); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus bellicosus ). Brazil: Gillet 1911b: 81 (as Phanaeus bellicosus ); Olsoufieff 1924: 77 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus ); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus bellicosus ); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192; Arnaud 2002c: 24 (as Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) bellicosus ); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 14; Maldaner et al. 2017: 90 (designation LECTOTYPE Scarabaeus bellicosus ). Other: Olsoufieff 1924: 77 ( Bolivia? - as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus ).

Note. The type locality Cayenne [= French Guiana] for Coprophanaeus bellicosus in Olivier (1789: 103) and the subsequent inclusion of the Guianas in the distribution of this species in Gillet (1911b: 81), Olsoufieff (1924: 77) and Blackwelder (1944: 209) is likely the result of a mislabeled specimen. Accord- ing to Edmonds and Zídek (2010: 14), this species is restricted to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and does not occur in the research area.