Canthon simulans ( Martínez, 1950 )

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 : 44-45

Canthon simulans ( Martínez, 1950)

Fig. 18A

Glaphyrocanthon simulans Martínez, 1950: 165–166 , 171 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Amazonas: Yavita. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), examined by MC.

Glaphyrocanthon simulans – Roze 1955: 43 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 128 (key). – Martínez et al. 1964a: 3, 10 (key). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 664 (key for the Amazon).

Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) simulans – Halffter & Martínez 1977: 80 (revision). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (checklist).

Canthon simulans – Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 (list). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru).

Distribution

Venezuela, Brazil, and Peru.

Subregions of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco, and System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Escudo Northeast Guiana.

Literature records

Martínez 1950: 165 ( Venezuela: Amazonas: Yavita). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 128 ( Venezuela). — Martínez et al. 1964a: 3, 10 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 664 ( Venezuela). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco).

Figures

Fig. 18. Species distribution. A. Canthon simulans (Martínez, 1950). B. Canthon steinheili Harold, 1880. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.