Dichotomius deyrollei (Harold, 1869)

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 : 97

Dichotomius deyrollei (Harold, 1869)

Fig. 38B

Pinotus deyrollei Harold, 1869c: 139 (original description). Type locality: Brazil. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello (2021), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus deyrollei – Luederwaldt 1929: 99 (key, cited for Trinidad Island). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list, cited for Brazil).

Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) deyrollei – Roze 1955: 44 (checklist for Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 586 (key). — Blanco 1988: 40–41 (catalogue, comments). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 138 (checklist for Colombia). — Noriega 2004: 39 (checklist for Tinigua Park, Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity). — Sarmiento-Garcés & Amat-García 2014: 89, 91 (key, diagnosis, distribution for Colombia). — Pardo-Díaz et al. 2019: 6, 13 (comments). — Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello 2021: 7 , 22 (key, diagnosis, distribution, redescription).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Mérida • 2 specs; Arzobispo Chacón, Mucutuy environs ; 08°14′18″ N, 71°17′12″ W; 1380 m a.s.l.; 13 Mar. 2015; R. Acconcia leg.; light; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 2 specs; Río Negro ; 25 Mar. 1984; Joffre B. leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; 42 km SE of San Cristóbal; 700 m a.s.l.; 19 May 1974; S. Peck leg.; dung trap 30; CEMT • 4 specs; San Cristóbal, Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo ; Jul. 1993; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar , Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 710 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°22′8.21″ N, 68°50′18.52″ W; 1626 m a.s.l.; 21 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°20′21.98″ N, 68°50′6.03″ W; 1362 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Subregions of Venezuela

Andes mountains and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Roze 1955: 44 ( Venezuela: Distrito Capital: Caracas). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 586 ( Venezuela); Blanco 1988: 40–41 ( Venezuela: Táchira: Río Negro: Parque Nacional El Tamá); Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello 2021: 7, 22 ( Venezuela: Mérida, Miranda, Táchira and Yaracuy).

Figures

Fig. 38. Species distribution. A. Dichotomius costaricensis (Luederwaldt. 1935). B. Dichotomius deyrollei (Harold, 1869). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.