Scybalocanthon sexspilotus ( Guérin-Méneville, 1855 )

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 : 195-197

Scybalocanthon sexspilotus ( Guérin-Méneville, 1855)

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Canthon sexspilotum Guérin-Méneville, 1855: 587 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Amazonas: Iranduba, Amazon River, Marchantaria island, 59°58′ W, 3°15′ S, varzea. Name-bearing type: neotype (CEMT), designated by Silva & Valois (2019), examined by CL and FZVM.

Canthon rufulus Harold, 1868a: 13 , 54 (original description). Type locality: the banks of the Amazon River, no specified country ( Harold 1868a). Name-bearing type: unknown whereabouts ( Silva & Valois 2019).

Canthon imitans Harold, 1868a: 13 , 56 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela. Name-bearing type: unknown whereabouts ( Silva & Valois 2019).

Canthon sexspilotus – Harold 1868a: 140 (monograph); 1869d: 994 (catalogue). — Bates 1887: 28 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 33 (catalogue). — Schmidt 1922: 65, 80 (distribution). — Balthasar 1939a: 193 (redescription, monograph). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 630 (catalogue); 1967: 552 (key). — Krajcik 2006: 31 (checklist); 2012: 64 (checklist). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 (cited).

Canthon rufulus – Harold 1869d: 994 (cited as synonym of Canthon sexspilotus ). — Gillet 1911b: 33 (catalog, cited as synonym of C. sexspilotus ). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 (cited as synonym of Scybalocanthon sexspilotus ).

Canthon imitans – Harold 1869d: 991 (catalogue). — Gillet 1911b: 30 (catalogue). — Schmidt 1922: 65, 75 (distribution, redescription). — Balthasar 1939a: 193 (redescription). — Blackwelder 1944: 199 (checklist). — Roze 1955: 41 (checklist). — Krajcik 2006: 27 (checklist); 2012: 63 (checklist). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 (cited as synonym of S. sexspilotus ).

Canthon sexspilotum – Blackwelder 1944: 201 (checklist).

Canthon rufulum – Blackwelder 1944: 201 (checklist, cited as synonym of C. sexspilotum ).

Scybalocanthon imitans – Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 114–115 (key, new combination). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 638 (catalogue). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 68 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 (cited as synonym of S. sexspilotus ).

Scybalocanthon sexpilotus – Halffter & Martínez 1977: 67 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 (revision); 2019: 333 (revision). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 82 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Apure • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; San Fernando ; 7°53′38″ N, 67°28′23″ W; 26 Aug. 2006; curso NM 2006 leg.; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 1 ♀; Isla de Betancurt ; 29 May 1986; D. Havranek leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil ( Silva & Valois 2019),

Subregion of Venezuela

Plains.

Literature records

Harold 1868a: 56 ( Venezuela); 1869d: 991 ( Venezuela). — Gillet 1911b: 30 ( Venezuela). — Schmidt 1922: 75 ( Venezuela). — Balthasar 1939a: 193 ( Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 199 ( Venezuela). — Krajcik 2012: 63 ( Venezuela). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 115 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 638 ( Venezuela); 1967:554 ( Venezuela). — Silva & Valois 2019: 333 ( Venezuela: Apure, Barinas and Táchira).

Figures

Fig. 73. Species distribution. A. Scybalocanthon pygidialis (Schmidt, 1922). B. Scybalocanthon sexspilotus (Guérin-Méneville, 1855). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.