Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) braziliensis Howden, 1985

Celante, Gabriel Luiz, Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel, Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard, Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva & Santos, Paula Batista Dos, 2024, A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 389-401 : 396-397

Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) braziliensis Howden, 1985

Material examined. 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 329648 8968474 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Petrolina, Univasf CCA , 30/i/2023, Melo, A.” ( MFCE014271 ) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 330931 8964734 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Petrolina, IF Sertão , 26/vi/2012, Silva, M.C.L.” ( MFCE014272 ) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 313813 8967848 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Petrolina, IF Sertão , 04/x/2019, moerick 1m Vitis vinifera L, Costa, E.M.F.S.” ( MFCE014344 ) .

Distribution. BRAZIL: Pará, Maranhão, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná ( Howden 1985b; Ronqui & Lopes 2006; Boilly 2011b), Pernambuco (new record); FRENCH GUIANA; ARGENTINA ( Howden 1985b; Ronqui & Lopes 2006; Boilly 2011b). ( Fig. 5B ).

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FIGURE 5A–D. Distribution records of some Bolboceratinae species. A, Athyreus arretado new species, Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902 and Athyreus tuberifer Felsche, 1909 distribution records; B, Neoathyreus anthracinus (Klug, 1843) and Neoathyreus braziliensis Howden, 1985 distribution records; C, Neoathyreus centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909), Neoathyreus lanuginosus (Klug, 1843), and Parathyreus trituberculatus (Klug, 1843) distribution records; D, Bolbapium caesum (Klug, 1843), Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913), and Bolbapium sulcifrons Ide & Martínez, 1993 distribution records. The black symbols represent new records, the unfilled symbols are literature records.