Scybalocanthon cyanocephalus (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 : 193

Scybalocanthon cyanocephalus (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 72A

Canthon cyanocephalus Harold, 1868a: 13 , 53 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela or Colombia: Orinoco River. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MFNB), designated by Silva & Valois (2019), examined by FZVM.

Canthon cyanocephalus – Harold 1869d: 990 (catalogue). — Bates 1887: 28 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 29 (catalogue). — Schmidt 1922: 65, 74 (diagnosis). — Balthasar 1939a: 191 (monograph, key). — Krajcik 2006: 26 (checklist); 2012: 63 (checklist).

Canthon cyanocephalum – Blackwelder 1944: 199 (checklist). — Roze 1955: 41 (checklist).

Scybalocanthon cyanocephalus – Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 115, 119 (key). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 637 (catalogue); 1967: 554 (key). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 68 (list). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 110 (list). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 81 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Silva & Valois 2019: 307 , 319 (key, diagnosis). — Storck-Tonon et al. 2020: 2426 (diversity).

Scybalocanthon cyanocephalum – Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 ♀; Isla de Anacoco ; 61°8′00″ W, 6°43′0″ N; 6 Aug 2006; Curso NM 2006 leg.; CEMT • 1 ♂; Isla de Anacoco ; 6°43′0″ N, 61°8′00″ W; 6 Aug. 2006, N.M. Curso 2007 leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, and Brazil ( Silva & Valois 2019).

Subregions of Venezuela

Delta plain of the Orinoco River and coastal swamp of the San Juan River, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, and Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Harold, 1868a: 13, 53 ([ Venezuela?]: Orinoco). — Blackwelder 1944:199 ( Venezuela). — Roze 1955: 41 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 637 ( Venezuela). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 ( Venezuela: Bolívar). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 110 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco). — Silva & Valois 2019: 307, 319 ( Venezuela: Bolívar).

Figures

Fig. 72. Species distribution. A. Scybalocanthon cyanocephalus (Harold, 1868). B. Scybalocanthon haroldi Silva & Valois 2019. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.