Chalepides barbatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Moore, Matthew R., Cave, Ronald D. & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini), ZooKeys 745, pp. 101-378 : 128-129

Chalepides barbatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Scarabaeus barbatus Fabricius, 1787: 10 [original combination].

Melolontha barbata (Fabricius) [new combination by Fabricius 1801: 167].

Chalepus barbatus (Fabricius) [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 77].

Dyscinetus barbatus (Fabricius) [new combination by Harold 1869a: 123].

Parachalepus (Parachalepus) barbatus (Fabricius) [new combination and new subgeneric classification by Casey 1915: 175].

Chalepides barbatus (Fabricius) [new combination by Prell 1936: 151].

syn. Chalepides hydrophiloides argentinus Prell, 1937c: 9 [original combination].

Chalepides barbatus argentinus Prell [new subspecific status by Endrődi 1966: 403].

Chalepides barbatus (Fabricius) [synonymy by Ratcliffe and Cave 2015: 71].

Types.

Lectotype ♀ of S. barbatus deposited at ZMUK, now housed at ZMUC ( Endrődi 1966). Lectotype ♀ of C. hydrophiloides argentinus at ZMHB ( Endrődi 1966).

Distribution.

ANTIGUA: St. Philip. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe. BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Anegada. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Distrito Nacional, Duarte, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, La Altagracia, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Puerto Plata, Samana, San Cristóbal, San Juan. MARTINIQUE: Fort-de-France. PARAGUAY: Alto Paraná, Caaguazú, Itapúa, Misiones, San Pedro. PUERTO RICO: Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Cataño, Cayey, Ciales, Fajardo, Florida, Guánica, Guaynabo, Isabela, Jayuya, Lajas, Lares, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manatí, Maricao, Mayagüez, Morovis, Nagüabo, Patillas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincón, Río Grande, San Germán, San Juan, Santa Isabel, Toa Baja, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Villalba. SAINT BARTHÉLEMY: Lorient. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: St. Kitts, Nevis. SAINT LUCIA: Micoud, Vieux Fort. SAINT MARTIN. SAINT VINCENT: St. Andrew, St. David. URUGUAY: Artigas, Colonia. UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Croix, St. Thomas.

References.

Fabricius 1787, 1801, Dejean 1821, 1833, 1836b, Moritz 1836, Sturm 1843, Burmeister 1847, Reiche 1859, Harold 1869a, Stahl 1882, Casey 1915, Smyth 1916, Leng and Mutchler 1917, Stevenson 1918, Box 1925, Wolcott 1936, 1937, Prell 1937c, Paulian 1947, Van Dinther 1960, Zimsen 1964, Barrera 1969, Miskimen and Bond 1970, Chalumeau 1982, Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Audureau 2001, Joly and Escalona 2002a, Soave et al. 2006, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Ratcliffe and Cave 2015, Peck 2009, 2016.

Remarks.

C. barbatus was reported from Guatemala ( Bates 1888) and Cuba ( Endrődi 1966, 1985a), but major faunistic studies have not found additional specimens from these countries ( Ratcliffe et al. 2013, Ratcliffe and Cave 2015).