Canthon variabilis (Martínez, 1948)

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Canthon variabilis (Martínez, 1948)

Fig. 20B

Glaphyrocanthon variabilis Martínez, 1948a: 43 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: La Guaira: Pico Naiguatá. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), examined by MC.

Glaphyrocanthon (Glaphyrocanthon) variabilis – Martínez 1949a: 282 (key); 1950: 170 (notes, distribution). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 134 (distribution). — Martínez et al. 1964a: 16 (key). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 665 (catalogue). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (checklist for Brazil). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 68 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Glaphyrocanthon variabilis – Roze 1955: 43 (checklist for Venezuela).

Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) variabilis – Halffter & Martínez 1977: 80 (new combination, revision).

Canthon variabilis – Forsyth et al. 1998: 369 (list). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 14 (inventory). — Noriega et al. 2007: 82 (list). — Krajcik 2012: 64 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list).

Material examined

Paratype

VENEZUELA ‒ 1 spec; PARÁTIPO / “Venezuela. [illegible] / [illegible]. 7-VIII-/34/ Lichy leg.”; “ Canthon (Glaphyrocan / thon) a. variabilis Mar- / tinez G. Halffter y /A. Martínez det 78”; “ Glaphyrocanthon / variabilis / sp. n./ A. Martínez -DET 1948”; CEMT-00068510.

Additional material

VENEZUELA ‒ Barinas • 1 spec.; Barinitas; 23–25 Mar. 1967; Bordón leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Bolivia.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, Andes mountains, Central Coast Mountain Range, Oriental Coast Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Martínez 1948a: 43 ( Venezuela: La Guaira: Pico Naiguatá); 1950: 170 ( Venezuela: La Guaira: Pico Naiguatá). — Roze 1955: 43 ( Venezuela: Sucre: Puerto de Hierro). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 134 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 665 ( Venezuela); 1967: 562 ( Venezuela). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco; Miranda: Altos de Pipe; Yaracuy: Guáquira farm; and Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).

Figures

Fig. 20. Species distribution. A. Canthon triangularis triangularis (Drury, 1770). B. Canthon variabilis (Martínez, 1948). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.