Tomarus cuniculus ( Fabricius, 1801 )

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 : 211

Tomarus cuniculus ( Fabricius, 1801)

Geotrupes cuniculus Fabricius 1801a: 20 (America)

= Heteronychus tumulosus Burmeister 1847: 101 ( Haiti, U.S.A.)

Distribution. Guyana: Bodkin 1919: 216 (as Ligyrus tumulosus ); Endrödi 1985a: 256 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); López-García et al. 2016: 502; López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Marowijne, Babunsanti. 17-III-2005. A. J. Hielkema. On UV light at night.). French Guiana: Endrödi 1969a: 55 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus );

Escalona and Joly 2006: 115 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); Duranton 2011: 20 (as Ligyrus cuniculus ); Ponchel 2011: 61 (as Ligyrus cuniculus ); Dupuis 2016b: 110; López-García et al. 2016: 502; López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. Brazil (NA): Endrödi 1969a: 55 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ), 1985a: 256 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); Escalona and Joly 2006: 115 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); López-García et al. 2016: 502; López-García and Deloya 2018: 335 (NA). Venezuela: Escalona and Joly 2006: 115 (as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); López-García et al. 2016: 502; López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. Other: Fabricius 1801a: 20 (America - as Geotrupes cuniculus ); Burmeister 1847: 101 (Haiti, U.S.A. - as Heteronychus tumulosus ); Bodkin 1919: 216 (Barbados - as Ligyrus tumulosus ); Arrow 1937b: 37 (Barbados, Dominican Republic, Mexico, U.S.A. - as Ligyrus cuniculus ); Blackwelder 1944: 254 (Belize, Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies - as Ligyrus cuniculus ; Cuba, Mexico, U.S.A. - as Ligyrus tumulosus ); Endrödi 1969a: 55 (Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ), 1985a: 256 (Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); Escalona and Joly 2006: 115 (Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies - as Ligyrus (Ligyrus) cuniculus ); López-García et al. 2016: 502 (Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies); López-García and Deloya 2018: 335 (Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies).

Note. Burmeister (1847: 101) describes Heteronychus tumulosus (now a synonym of Tomarus cuniculus ) from “St. Domingo” and the U.S.A. He refers here to Palisot de Beauvois (1811). As explained in the first note under Tomarus bituberculatus , the “St. Domingo” mentioned by Palisot de Beauvois (1811) refers to the present country of Haiti. Given his reference, we interpret the record in Burmeister (1847) as such.