Ateuchus calcaratus (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 : 20-22

Ateuchus calcaratus (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 9B

Choeridium calcaratum Harold, 1868b: 76 (original description). Type locality: originally said to be French Guiana, but this is incorrect (MC, pers. obs.). Name-bearing type: syntypes, ambiguous status (see Cupello 2020 for details).

Choeridium calcaratum – Harold 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Brazil). — Gillet 1911b: 52 (catalogue, cited for Brazil). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list, cited for Brazil).

Ateuchus calcaratus – Vulcano et al. 1976: 522 (cited for French Guiana and Panama). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (checklist for Brazil). — Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (checklist for Panama). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 44 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Caroní, Ciudad Guayana; Jan. 1996; Petr Pokorný leg.; CEMT • 2 ♀♀; El Manteco; 2 Aug. 2006; no collector; in dung; CEMT.

Distribution

Venezuela (new country record); the French Guiana record is incorrect (MC, pers. obs.).

Subregion of Venezuela

System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield.

Literature record

No previous reports for Venezuela.

Figures

Fig. 9. Species distribution. A. Ateuchus bordoni Martínez & Martínez, 1990. B. Ateuchus calcaratus (Harold, 1868). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.