Sulcophanaeus leander (Waterhouse, 1891)

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 : 201

Sulcophanaeus leander (Waterhouse, 1891)

Fig. 75A

Phanaeus leander Waterhouse,1891c:128 (original description).Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Bogotá. Name-bearing type: lectotype (BMNH), designated by Edmonds (2000), not examined.

Phanaeus leander – Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 65 (list). — Blackwelder 1944: 210 (cited for Colombia). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 573 (key).

Sulcophanaeus leander – Edmonds 1972: 822–824 (comments). — Blanco 1988: 44 (catalogue). — Edmonds 2000: 9, 12 (key, revision, diagnosis, distribution). — Escobar 2000: 210 (checklist for Colombia). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 281 (diagnosis, distribution for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 140 (checklist for Colombia). — Arnaud 2002b: 130, 134 (key). — Noriega 2002a: 67–82 (biology); 2004: 40 (checklist for Tinigua Park, Colombia). — Gámez 2004: 48, 58 (list, distribution). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 61 (diversity). — Noriega & Acosta 2011: 111 (ecology). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 70, 73 (distribution, comments, key).

Phanaeus (Sulcophanaeus) leander – Krajcik 2012: 204 (list, cited for Colombia).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Apure • 2 specs; Muñoz, Finca Rancho Grande , sector El Palmar Mantecal ; 200 m a.s.l.; 6 Aug 2002; CEMT . ‒ Mérida • 2 spec; Jun. 2002; Terry Taylor leg.; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 1 spec.; Río Negro, Parque Nacional El Tamá ; 2 Jan. 1984; Joffre Blanco leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; San Antonio de Caparo ; 22 Mar. 1986; D. Havranek leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, Plains, Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, and Andes mountains.

Literature records

Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 573 ( Venezuela). — Blanco 1988: 44 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Edmonds 2000: 12 ( Venezuela: Amazonas: Yávita; Apure: San Fernando de Apure and Trapichote; Bolívar: Suapure: Río Caura; Táchira: Parque Nacional El Tamá, San Antonio de Capara and Caño Tigre). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela). — Arnaud 2002b: 134 ( Venezuela: Apure and Zulia). — Gámez 2004: 48, 58 ( Venezuela: Barinas: Ezequiel Zamora: Reserva Forestal de Caparo and Alberto Arvelo Torrealba: Sector Madre Vieja: Nuestra Señora del Pilar; Apure: Muñoz: Sector El Palmar: Finca Rancho Grande). — Vítolo 2004: 281 ( Venezuela). — Noriega & Acosta 2011: 111 ( Venezuela). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 70, 73 ( Venezuela: Mérida).

Figures

Fig. 75.Species distribution. A. Sulcophanaeus leander (Waterhouse, 1891). B. Sulcophanaeus steinheili (Harold, 1875). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.