Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867)

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 108-109

Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867)

Fig. 43A

Pinotus satanas Harold, 1867d: 98 (original description). Type locality: Colombia. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus satanas – Harold 1880: 24 (distribution for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list, distribution). — Gillet 1911b: 62 (catalogue).

Dichotomius satanas – Halffter & Matthews 1966: 83 (comments). — Howden & Young 1981: 126 (redescription, distribution). — Deloya 1992: 2 (list). — Halffter et al. 1992: 149 (ecology). — Kohlmann & Solís 1997: 345, 367 (key, redescription, cited for Panama). — Maes 1998: 655 (list for Nicaragua). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 138 (list, cited for Colombia); 2002: 182–185 (ecology). — Estrada & Coates-Estrada 2002: 1911 (ecology). — Ramírez & Locarno 2004: 61–63 (list). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (checklist). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Giraldo et al. 2011: 118 (comments). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 48 (guide). — Delgado et al. 2012: 327 (list). — Noriega et al. 2012: 47 (list for Antioquia, Colombia). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 6 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Noriega & Navarrete-Heredia 2013: 191 (comments). — Pardo-Locarno & Camero 2014: 210‒212, 216 (list for Chocó, Colombia). — Torres et al. 2017: 48–49, 67 (cited for Boyaca, Colombia). — Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello 2019: 2239 (comments). — Pardo-Díaz et al. 2019: 2, 5‒12, 14 (comments).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Táchira • 1 ♂; Vía Chorro del Indio ; Oct. 1984; Joffre B. leg.; CEMT • 1♀; same data as for preceding except for the date; Oct. 1984; CEMT .

Distribution

Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (new country record), Ecuador, and Peru.

Subregion of Venezuela

Andes mountains.

Literature record

Not reported for Venezuela.

Figures

Fig. 43. Species distribution. A. Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867). B. Dichotomius tristis (Luederwaldt, 1923). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.