Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) dardanus ( MacLeay, 1819 )

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 : 94

Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) dardanus ( MacLeay, 1819)

Phanaeus dardanus MacLeay 1819: 126 ( Brazil)

= Phanaeus jasion Felsche 1901: 153 ( French Guiana)

Distribution. Guyana: Forsyth and Gill 1993: 70; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80. Suriname: Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80; Larsen 2011: 99; MHCN, NZCS, RMNH. French Guiana: Felsche 1901: 153 (as Phanaeus jasion ); Gillet 1911b: 83 (as Phanaeus jasion ); Olsoufieff 1924: 69 (as Phanaeus (Coprophanaeus) dardanus ; as Phanaeus (Coprophanaeus) jasion ); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (as Phanaeus jasion ); Feer 2000: 32; Arnaud 2002c: 32; Feer and Pincebourde 2005: 30; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 193, 2011b: 121, 2014: 183; Brûlé and Dalens 2012b: 37; Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 40; Boilly et al. 2016: 90; MHCN. Brazil (NA): MacLeay 1819: 126 ( Phanaeus dardanus ); Gillet 1911b: 82 ( Phanaeus dardanus ); Olsoufieff 1924: 69 (as Phanaeus (Coprophanaeus) dardanus ); Blackwelder 1944: 209 ( Phanaeus dardanus ); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192; Arnaud 2002c: 32; Gardner et al. 2008: table S1 (NA); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80 (NA); Pacheco and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Arnaud 2002c: 32; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80 (EO); Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (EO). Other: Gillet 1911b: 82 (Mexico - as Phanaeus dardanus ); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (Mexico - as Phanaeus dardanus ); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 80 (Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago).

Note. The record of Coprophanaeus dardanus from Mexico in Gillet (1911b: 82) and Blackwelder (1944: 209) as Phanaeus dardanus appears to be based on a mislabeled or misidentified specimen. This species does not occur in Mexico according to Edmonds and Zídek (2010: 80).