Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas ( 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 : 106

Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas ( Perty, 1830)

Onitis chalcomelas Perty 1830: 40 ( Brazil - NEOTYPE)

= Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas grossii Arnaud 2001: 5 ( Bolivia) - Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 11 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65. Suriname: Edmonds 1994: 28, 100; Larsen 2011: 99, 2013: 97; MHCN; NZCS; RMNH. French Guiana: H. W. Bates 1868: 90; Gillet 1911b: 82; Olsoufieff 1924: 98 (as P. (Phanaeus) chalcomelas ); Blackwelder 1944: 209; Edmonds 1994: 28, 100; Feer 2000: 32; Arnaud 2002c: 84 (as P. (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas chalcomelas ); Feer and Pincebourde 2005: 30; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 193, 2011b: 121, 2014: 183; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a annex 4: 19; Price and Feer 2012: 327; Boilly et al. 2016: 96; MHCN. “Guianas”: Balthasar 1941c: 351; Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10. Brazil (NA): Perty 1830: 40 (as Onitis chalcomelas ); H. W. Bates 1868: 90; Gillet 1911b: 82; Olsoufieff 1924: 98 (as P. (Phanaeus) chalcomelas ); Balthasar 1941c: 351; Blackwelder 1944: 209; Edmonds 1994: 28, 100 (NA); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194; Arnaud 2001: 5 (designation NEOTYPE Onitis chalcomelas ), 2002c: 84 (as P. (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas chalcomelas ); Quintero and Roslin 2005: appendix A (NA); Gardner et al. 2008: table S1 (NA); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65; Ratcliffe 2013b: 494 (NA). Venezuela: Edmonds 1994: 28, 100 (only on map). “Amazon Basin”: Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10. Other: Gillet 1911b: 82 (Bolivia, Peru); Olsoufieff 1924: 98 (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru - as P. (Phanaeus) chalcomelas ); Balthasar 1941c: 351 (Bolivia, Peru); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (Bolivia, Peru); Edmonds 1994: 28, 100 (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); Arnaud 2001: 5 (Bolivia - as P. (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas grossii ), 2002c: 84 (Colombia, Peru - as P. (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas chalcomelas ; Bolivia - as P. (Notiophanaeus) chalcomelas grossii ); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 65 (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); Edmonds and Zídek 2012: 10 (Bolivia).

Note 1. In his treatment of Phanaeus chalcomelas, H. W. Bates (1868: 90) writes: “Perty states that his species was taken in southern Brazil. I believe this locality is erroneous like many others given by this author.”

Note 2. Edmonds (1994: 28, 100) includes parts of Venezuela in the distributional map of Phanaeus chalcomelas , but fails to mention this country anywhere in the text. As we are unaware of any actual records from Venezuela, we regard the occurrence of this species there as possible but in need of confirmation.