Lagochile brunnea ( Perty, 1830 )

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 : 136-137

Lagochile brunnea ( Perty, 1830)

Macraspis brunnea Perty 1830: 52

Note. Six presently recognized subspecies of Lagochile brunnea have been described, one of which occurs in the research area. The other five are L. brunnea brunnea ( Perty, 1830) (recorded from Brazil), L. brunnea lecapitainei Soula, 2005 (recorded from Bolivia), L. brunnea lecourti Soula, 2005 (recorded from Bolivia), L. brunnea satipoensis Soula, 2005 (recorded from Peru) and L. brunnea tenaensis Soula, 2005 (recorded from Ecuador, Peru).

Subspecies Lagochile brunnea castanea Benderitter, 1923

Lagochile castanea Benderitter 1923: 91

Distribution. Guyana: Bodkin 1919: 217 (as L. bipunctata ). Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Sipaliwini, eastern bank Corantijn opposite Arapahu Resort, (3°27′N, 57°37.5′W). 15/ 21-II-2011. A. J. Hielkema. In arboreal trap with banana and rum.); NZCS; RMNH. French Guiana: Benderitter 1923: 91 (as Lagochile castanea ); Machatschke 1972: 77 (Guayana Maroni [> Fr. Guiana] - as

a synonym of Chasmodia amazona ); Soula 2005: 351, 2010a: 58; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192, 2014: 182; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a annex 4: 18 (as L. brunnea ?). “Guianas”: Ohaus 1934: 158 (treated as a synonym of Chasmodia amazona ). Brazil: Soula 2005: 351. Other: Blackwelder 1944: 242 (treated as a synonym of Chasmodia amazona ); Soula 2009: 20 (none - picture).

Note. Lagochile brunnea was treated as a synonym of L. bipunctata ( MacLeay, 1819) (p. 156) until this was corrected by Ohaus (1898: 49). Bodkin (1919: 217) appears unaware of this correction. Lagochile bipunctata only occurs far south of the Amazon ( Soula 2005: 307).