Stenocrates clipeatus Endrödi, 1966

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 : 191

§ Stenocrates clipeatus Endrödi, 1966

Stenocrates clipeatus Endrödi 1966a: 424 ( Peru)

Distribution. French Guiana: Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192, 2011b: 120, 2014: 182; Duranton 2011: 18; Ponchel 2011: 60; Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 289. Brazil: Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 289. Other: Endrödi 1966a: 424 ( Bolivia, Peru), 1985a: 181 ( Bolivia, Peru); Ratcliffe 2015c: 778 ( Bolivia, Colombia, Peru); Moore et al. 2018b: 289 ( Bolivia, Colombia, Peru).

Note. According to Dupuis (2016b: 103, 2017a: 55), Stenocrates clipeatus is often confused with S. rufipennis due to the drawings of the parameres in Endrödi (1966a: 424). Stenocrates rufipennis is a common species in at least French Guiana and Suriname, while S. clipeatus may well be restricted to Peru and neighboring Andean countries. Unfortunately, Dupuis (2016b: 103) adds to the confusion by placing “ Essequibo,” the origin of the lectotype of S. rufipennis , in Peru, rather than in Guyana as correctly indicated by Endrödi (1966a: 435). We regard S. clipeatus as not occurring in the research area. All records of this species for the research area likely concern S. rufipennis .