Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868)

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 87-89

Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 35A

Phanaeus cadmus Harold, 1868e: 82 (original description). Type locality: French Guiana. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Arnaud (1982), not examined.

Phanaeus mimaeformis Ancey, 1880: 205 (original description). Type locality: unknown; incorrectly stated as Costa Rica by Ancey (1880) based on mislabelled material, but the species does not occur there ( Valois et al. 2018). Name-bearing type: lectotype (RBINS), designated by Valois et al. (2018), not examined.

Phanaeus cadmus – Harold 1869d: 1017 (catalogue). — Nevinson 1892: 2 (list). — Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 65 (list). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 15 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 81 (catalogue, cited for Colombia, Guianas, Costa Rica).

Phanaeus mimaeformis – Bates 1887: 387 (cited for Costa Rica). — Nevinson 1892: 2 (as junior synonym of D. cadmus ). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 63 (cited as junior synonym of D. cadmus ).

Taurocopris cadmus – d’Olsoufieff 1924: 22, 62, 140 (key, comments, distribution). — Janssens 1940: 2, 4 (cited, key). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list, cited for Costa Rica). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 567 (key).

Diabroctis cadmus – Edmonds 1972: 821 (cited). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of types, MNHN). — Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 151 (key, comments). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 279 (diagnosis, distribution). — Arnaud2002b:18 (key, distribution).— Gámez 2004:48, 51, 52,58 (list, distribution, key).— Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 22 (guide). — Valois et al. 2018: 351, 365 (key, diagnosis). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019:100 , 292 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Zulia • 1 spec.; Rosario de Perijá ; 20 Jul. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 13h – 00:00; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, and System of hills and low sierras Lara-Falcón.

Literature records d’Olsoufieff 1924: 62, 140 ( Venezuela). — Roze 1955: 45 ( Venezuela: Falcón: Buena Vista). — Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 5 ( Venezuela: Zulia: Maracaibo, El Guaco). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela). — Arnaud 2002b: 18 ( Venezuela: Zulia). — Gámez 2004: 58 ( Venezuela: Zulia: Mara and El Guaco). — Vítolo 2004: 279 ( Venezuela: Zulia). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela: Zulia: Rosario de Perijá). — Valois et al. 2018: 350, 365 ( Venezuela: Zulia).

Figures

Fig. 35. Species distribution. A. Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868). B. Diabroctis venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.