Coilodes castaneus Westwood, 1846

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 : 22

Coilodes castaneus Westwood, 1846

Coilodes castaneus Westwood 1846: 165 ( Colombia)

Distribution. French Guiana: See note. Brazil (NA): Havranek 1988: 32 (as C. castanea ) (NA). Venezuela (EO): Young 1983: 247; Havranek 1988: 32 (as C. castanea ) (EO). Other: Westwood 1846: 165 (Colombia); Arrow 1912: 37 (Colombia, Nicaragua - as Coelodes [sic] castanea ); Blackwelder 1944: 217 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua - as C. castanea ); Young 1983: 247 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama); Allsopp 1984: 106 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua); Havranek 1988: 32 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama - as C. castanea ); Ocampo and Ballerio 2006: 191 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua).

Note. An unidentified species of Coilodes is recorded for French Guiana in Feer (2000: 33) (as Coelodes [sic] sp.), Moragues (2010c: 77) and Brûlé et al. (2011a: 185, 2014: 178). This may or may not be C. castaneus , which is the only species within the genus known to occur in the research area. The NZCS also has an unidentified specimen from French Guiana. The actual presence of C. castaneus in the research area remains to be confirmed.