Coprophanaeus gamezi Arnaud, 2002

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 : 59

Coprophanaeus gamezi Arnaud, 2002

Fig. 23A

Coprophanaeus gamezi Arnaud, 2002a: 8 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela, Bolívar, Rio Cora, Jabillal. Name-bearing type: holotype (CPFA), not examined.

Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) gamezi – Arnaud 2002b: 29 (key, distribution). — Gámez 2004: 48, 59 (distribution for Venezuela); 2010: 15–16 (comments). — Gámez & Acconcia 2009: 388 (comments); 2018: 73 (key); 2020: 4, 13 (key). — Edmonds & Zídek 2010: 52 (key, comments, revision). — Lozano 2010: 86 (list). — Krajcik 2012: 204 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Pacheco & Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2, 4, 7 (list, key). — França et al. 2016: 3 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 46 (guide). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 94 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; Río Paraguaza ; 100 m a.s.l.; 15 May 2004; D. García leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10.0000° N, 68.8448° W; 100 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares, and H. Martínez leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 468 m a.s.l.; 21 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares, and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, Plains, Delta plain of the Orinoco River and coastal swamp of the San Juan River, System of hills and low sierras Lara-Falcón, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guiana Shield, Andes mountains, Central Coast Mountain Range, and Oriental Coast Range.

Literature records

Arnaud 2002a: 8 ( Venezuela: Bolívar; Barinas; Distrito Capital: Libertador; Mérida: Padre Noguera; Monagas: Ezequiel Zamora); 2002b: 29 ( Venezuela: Táchira and Barinas). — Gámez 2004: 48, 59 ( Venezuela: Barinas: Barinitas; Distrito Capital: Libertador; Guárico: Paso Real; Mérida: Padre Noguera, Caparo River; Monaguas: Ezequiel Zamora; Táchira); 2010: 15–16 ( Venezuela: Lake Maracaibo). — Gámez & Acconcia 2009: 388 ( Venezuela: Zulia: Colón, Lake Maracaibo); 2018: 73 ( Venezuela: Los Llanos subregion); 2020: 8 ( Venezuela: Southern Lake Maracaibo and Sierra de Perijá). — Edmonds & Zídek 2010: 52 ( Venezuela: Amazonas; Aragua; Barinas: Alberto Torrealba; Bolívar; Carabobo; Delta Amacuro; Guárico; Mérida: Padre Noguera; Sucre and Zulia: Colón). — Lozano 2010: 86 ( Venezuela: Zulia). — Krajcik 2012: 204 ( Venezuela). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela: Aragua [Guárico]: Altagracia de Orituco, Yaracuy: Hacienda Guáquira; Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).

Figures

Fig. 23.Species distribution. A. Coprophanaeus gamezi Arnaud, 2002.B. Coprophanaeu jasius (Olivier, 1789). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.