Agamopus lampros Bates, 1887

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 : 7

Agamopus lampros Bates, 1887

Fig. 3A

Agamopus lampros Bates, 1887: 42 (original description). Type locality: Panama: Chiriquí: David. Name-bearing type: lectotype (BMNH), designated by Costa-Silva et al. (2022); examined by FZVM.

Agamopus lampros – Gillet 1911b: 49 (catalogue, cited for Panama). — Boucomont 1928a: 187 (cited). — Balthasar 1938: 218 (comments). — Blackwelder 1944: 203 (catalogue); 1973: 6 (catalogue). — Pereira 1947a: 4 (key). — Halffter & Martínez 1968: 236 (comments, female description). — Howden & Young 1981: 41 (contributions, distribution). — Morón et al. 1988: 320 (record from Mexico). — Thomas 1993: 395 (record from Mexico). — Schoolmeesters 1996: 20 (record from Nicaragua). — Medina & Lopera-Toro 2000: 310 (cited as “ lamprus ”, fig. 8e). — Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2001: 52 (list). — Medina et al. 2001: 135 (checklist for Colombia). — Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (checklist for Panama). — Halffter 2003: 24 (redescription). — Kohlmann & Wilkinson 2003: 221–222 (cited). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 27 (atlas). — Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011a: 49, figs 1–2 (key). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 4 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Arellano et al. 2013: 655 (citation). — Noriega et al. 2013: 470 (checklist from Colombian Caribbean). — Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 17 (nomenclator). — Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2020: 226 (list for Mexico). — Costa-Silva et al. 2022: 73–75 , 83 (revision, designation of lectotype, key).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Guárico • 4 specs; Altagracia de Orituco , NM 08-T-044; 23 Aug. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 09:49, 41h; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 4 specs; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay ; 7.7741° N, 71.6675°W; 550 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay ; 7.6622° N, 71.7104° W; 200 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Andes mountains and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature record

Costa-Silva et al. 2022: 73–75, 83 ( Venezuela: Guárico and Táchira).

Figures

Fig. 3. Species distribution. A. Agamopus lampros Bates, 1887. B. Anomiopus alexandrei Canhedo, 2006. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.