Diabroctis cadmus ( 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 : 100-101

§ Diabroctis cadmus ( Harold, 1868)

Phanaeus cadmus Harold 1868e: 82 (Carthagena [= Colombia] - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Harold 1868e: 82 (as Phanaeus cadmus ). “Guianas”: Gillet 1911b: 81 (as Phanaeus cadmus ); Blackwelder 1944: 208 (as Taurocopris cadmus ). Venezuela: Olsoufieff 1924: 62 (as Taurocopris cadmus ); Martínez and Clavijo 1990: 151; Arnaud 2002c: 18; Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109; Valois et al. 2018: 19. Other: Gillet 1911b: 81 (Colombia, Costa Rica - as Phanaeus cadmus ); Olsoufieff 1924: 62 (Colombia, Costa Rica - as Taurocopris cadmus ); Blackwelder 1944: 208 (Colombia, Costa Rica - as Taurocopris cadmus ); Arnaud 1982b: 115 Carthagena [= Colombia] - designation LEC- TOTYPE Diabroctis cadmus ; Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Arnaud 2002c: 18 (Colombia); Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (Colombia); Valois et al. 2018: 19 (Colombia).

Note. The type locality Cayennae [= French Guiana] for Diabroctis cadmus in Harold (1868e: 82) and the subsequent inclusion of the Guianas in the distribution of this species in Gillet (1911b: 81) and Blackwelder (1944: 208) is likely caused by an erroneous label on the type specimen. The lectotype designated by Arnaud (1982b: 115) is from the northwestern part of Colombia, and this is consistent with its rather restricted range as depicted on the distribution map in Valois et al. (2018: 23). This species does not occur in the research area.