Pseudocanthon xanthurus ( Blanchard, 1846 )

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 : 189-190

Pseudocanthon xanthurus ( Blanchard, 1846)

Fig. 70B

Canthon xanthurum [sic] Blanchard, 1846: 166 (original description) [see Cupello et al. (2023a) for the publication date]. Type locality: Argentina: Corrientes. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Nazaré-Silva & Silva (2021), examined by FZVM.

Canthon felix Arrow, 1913: 456 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Pará: Santarém. Name-bearing type: lectotype (BMNH), designated by Bacchus (1978), examined by FZVM.

Canthon xanthurus – Harold 1868a: 140 (monograph); 1869d: 995 (catalogue). — Bruch 1911: 185 (catalogue). — Gillet 1911b: 34 (catalogue). — Arrow 1913: 456 (redescription). — Schmidt 1922: 64, 82 (cited, distribution). — Balthasar 1939a: 189–190 (key). — Martínez 1947a: 268 (cited).

Canthon felix – Boucomont 1928b: 1 (distribution). — Balthasar 1939a: 224 (monograph). — Blackwelder 1944: 199 (checklist). — Pereira & Martínez 1956b: 109 (distribution); 1956: 37 – 38 (cited as synonym P. xanthurus ). — Halffter 1961: 232–233 (monograph). — Bacchus 1978: 102 (catalogue of types, lectotype designation). — Krajcik 2006: 32 (cited as junior synonym of P. xanthurus ).

Canthon xanthurum – Blackwelder 1944: 202 (checklist).

Pseudocanthon xanthurum – Martínez 1947b: 268 (new combination). — Halffter 1961: 232–233 (monograph). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (checklist).

Pseudocanthon xanthurus – Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 109 (distribution); 1960: 37–38 (notes). — Martínez 1959: 57 (catalogue). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 592 (catalogue); 1967: 551 (key). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 60 (revision). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 14 (inventory). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 59 (synopsis). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 119 (distribution, cited). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019:81 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 63 , 67, 71, 80, 81 (revision). — Cupello et al. 2023a: 86, 88‒90 (distribution in Paraguay and publication date).

Canthon (Pseudocanthon) xanthurus – Krajcik 2006: 32 (checklist); 2012: 64 (checklist).

Pseudocanthon felix – Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (checklist).

Material examined

VENEZUELA — Yaracuy • 1 ♀; Aroa ; 19 Jul 2009; 459 m; Asmussen leg.; pitfall with human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, Central Coast Mountain Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 110 ( Venezuela: Aragua [Guárico]: Altagracia de Orituco; Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco; and Zulia: Rosario de Perijá). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 67, 70 ( Venezuela: Bolívar and Yaracuy).

Figures

Fig. 70. Species distribution. A. Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847). B. Pseudocanthon xanthurus (Blanchard, 1847). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.