Ateuchus substriatus (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 : 26

Ateuchus substriatus (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 11B

Choeridium substriatum Harold, 1868d: 81 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Pará: Tapajós River (see Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018 for details on this locality). Name-bearing type: uncertain status; see Cupello (2020).

Choeridium substriatum – Harold 1868b: 37, 64 (key, redescription); 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Tapajos [ Brazil]). — Gillet 1911b: 53 (catalogue, cited for Amazonas). — Balthasar 1939c: 63 (key, cited for Amazonas). — Blackwelder 1944: 205 (checklist of species, cited for Brazil).

Ateuchus substriatus – Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 589 (key). — Feer 2000: 31 (list, cited for French Guiana); 2008: 62 (ecology, list); 2013: 766 (list for French Guiana). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (checklist for Brazil). — Larsen 2011: 97 (cited for Suriname); 2013: 95 (cited for Suriname). — Nunes et al. 2014: 408–410 (list). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (checklist for Peru). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 44 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ 1 ♂; Bolívar • Sifontes, Cuyuní River, Isla de Anacoco ; 6 Aug 2006; in dung; no collector; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela (new country record), Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Peru.

Subregion of Venezuela

System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Escudo Northeast Guiana.

Literature records

No previous reports for Venezuela.

Figures

Fig. 11. Species distribution.A. Ateuchus simplex (Le Peletier & Serville, 1828).B. Ateuchus substriatus (Harold, 1868). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.