Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868)

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 : 22-24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.959.2677
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14154375
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scientific name	Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868)
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Treatment

Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868) View in CoL

Fig. 10B View Fig

Choeridium hoplopygum Harold, 1868b: 57 View in CoL (original description). Type locality: Colombia. Name-bearing type: holotype lost (MC, pers. obs.).

Choeridium hoplopygum View in CoL – Harold 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Gillet 1911b: 53 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Balthasar 1939c: 62 (key to species, cited for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (checklist of species, cited for Colombia).

Ateuchus hoplopygus View in CoL – Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 590 (key). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Zulia • 1 ♂; Rosário de Perijá ; 19 Jul. 2006; no collector; in dung; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela (new country record).

Subregion of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression.

Literature record

No previous reports for Venezuela.