Stenocrates celatus Prell, 1937

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 : 190-191

Stenocrates celatus Prell, 1937

Stenocrates celatus Prell 1937a: 10 ( Brazil)

Distribution. Guyana: Moore et al. 2018b: 289. French Guiana: Duranton 2011: 18 (?); Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 289. “Guianas”: Endrödi 1966a: 423, 1985a: 182. Brazil: Prell 1937a: 10; Blackwelder 1944: 253 (as S. celata ); Endrödi 1966a: 423, 1985a: 182; Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 289. Other: Endrödi 1966a: 423 ( Mexico, Peru, U.S.A.), 1985a: 182 ( Mexico, Peru, U.S.A.); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Ratcliffe 2015c: 778 ( Peru); Dupuis 2016b (not mentioned), 2017a (not mentioned); Moore et al. 2018b: 289 ( Peru).

Note 1. Stenocrates celatus is reported for “Guayana” by Endrödi (1966a: 423), and this location is changed into Guyana in Endrödi (1985a: 182). The species is recorded for French Guiana by Ratcliffe (2015c: 778), and the records by Endrödi (1985a) and Ratcliffe (2015c) for Guyana and French Guiana are repeated in Moore et al. (2018b: 289). However, there are no reports for French Guiana in Duranton (2011: 18), Ponchel (2011) and Dupuis (2016b). We have also not encountered this species in Suriname and are unaware of any records from Venezuela or northern Brazil. Its possible occurrence in the Guianas needs confirmation.

Note 2. Endrödi (1966a: 423, 1985a: 182) mentions records of Stenocrates celatus for Mexico and the U.S.A., but according to Ratcliffe et al. (2013: 598) these records are erroneous, as this is a South American species.