Dichotomius fallax ( Harold, 1880 )

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 : 97-98

Dichotomius fallax ( Harold, 1880)

Fig. 39A

Pinotus fallax Harold, 1880: 26 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Tequendama: La Mesa; and Venezuela: Distrito Capital: Caracas. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus (Selenocopris) fallax – Luederwaldt 1929: 64 (key).

Pinotus fallax – Gillet 1911b: 60 (catalogue). — Gacharná 1951: 222 (list for Colombia). — Balthasar 1941: 349 (list, characteristics); 1951: 334 (list). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (checklist).

Dichotomius fallax – Roze 1955: 44 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 587 (key). — Medina et al. 2001: 138 (checklist for Colombia). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; El Manteco; 5 Aug. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; heces, 24h, 08:00; CEMT • 2 specs; Campo Minero, Río Yuruani , El Dorado; 190 m; 23‒30 May 1987; CEMT • 1 spec.; Las Piñas , 30 km E of Paragua; 12 Apr. 1983; C. Bordon leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 483 m; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Assmüssen, P Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT . ‒ Zulia • 1 spec.; Rosario de Perijá ; 18 Jul. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 23h, 13:09; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago (new country record, CEMT), Brazil (new country record, CEMT) and Peru.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní del Escudo Northeast Guiana, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Harold 1880: 26 ( Venezuela: Caracas). — Gillet 1911b: 60 ( Venezuela). — Luederwaldt 1929: 64 ( Venezuela). — Balthasar 1941: 349 ( Venezuela); 1951: 334 ( Venezuela).— Blackwelder 1944: 207 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 587 ( Venezuela). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Lago Guri).

Figures

Fig. 39. Species distribution. A. Dichotomius fallax (Harold, 1880). B. Dichotomius henripittieri Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello, 2021. C. Male of D. henripittieri. D. Female of D. henripittieri. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.