Catharsius birmanensis Lansberge 1874

Takano, Hitoshi, 2021, Taxonomic notes concerning the genus Catharsius Hope, 1837 (Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 5052 (2), pp. 280-286 : 281

Catharsius birmanensis Lansberge 1874

Catharsius birmanensis Lansberge, 1874: 11 .

Catharsius harpagus Harold, 1877: 97 . (syn. nov.)

Catharsius laticeps sensu Péringuey, 1901 (nec Boheman): 335, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 23 & 23a.

Catharsius parafastidiosus Ferreira, 1971: 5 . (syn. nov.)

In the late 19 th Century, European ships travelling to and from Asia would likely stop at Cape Town or Durban to resupply and it is possible that unlabelled specimens from the Orient were exchanged or sold by naturalists ending up in the collections of individuals such as Péringuey or the South African museums where their true provenance has been misconstrued. Although these are the first cases of transcontinental mislabelling in Catharsius , other cases are known within the Scarabaeinae (e.g., Rossini & Vaz-de-Mello 2016) and in general, the existence of mislabelled specimens in museum collections is well-documented (e.g., Takano et al. 2021).