Phileurus affinis Burmeister, 1847

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 222-223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3682531
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scientific name	Phileurus affinis Burmeister, 1847
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§ Phileurus affinis Burmeister, 1847

Phileurus affinis Burmeister 1847: 158 ( Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Endrödi 1978: 107, 1985a: 723; Duranton 2011: 25 (?). “Guianas”: Burmeister 1847: 158; Arrow 1937b: 89; Blackwelder 1944: 258. Brazil: Burmeister 1847: 158; Arrow 1937b: 89; Blackwelder 1944: 258; Endrödi 1978: 107 (designation LECTOTYPE Phileurus affinis ), 1985a: 723. Other: Burmeister 1847: 158 ( Colombia); Arrow 1937b: 89 ( Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 258 ( Argentina, Colombia); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Dupuis 2016b (not mentioned).

Note. We are unaware of any recent records of Phileurus affinis for the Guianas, and all other records are from locations far from the research area. We suspect that the few specimens from French Guiana are actually mislabeled and regard the species as not occurring in the research area.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dynastidae
Genus	Phileurus