Athyreus lanuginosus Klug 1845: 28 An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas Hielkema, Auke J. Hielkema, Meindert A. Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-25 732 732 1 306 (Klug, 1845) Klug 1845 [192,907,1574,1598] Insecta Bolboceratidae Neoathyreus Animalia Coleoptera 10 9 Arthropoda species lanuginosus Neoathyreus      Athyreus lanuginosus Klug 1845: 28( Colombia- LECTOTYPE)   Distribution. Suriname:MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD(Suriname, Sipaliwini, Puketi, ( 4°07′30″N, 54°37′30″W). 16/ 21-VII-2013. A. J. Hielkema. In FIT in forest.); NZCS.  French Guiana: Howden 1985: 58; Boilly 2011b: 30; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 183, 2014: 174; MHCN.  Brazil(NA): Klug 1845: 28(as  Athyreus lanuginosus); Howden 1985: 58(NA).  Venezuela(EO): Howden 1985: 58(EO). Other: Klug 1845: 28(Colombia - as  Athyreus lanuginosus); Howden 1985: 58(Argentina, Bolivia, Nov. Valencia [= Colombia] - designation LECTOTYPE  Athyreus lanuginosus, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru); Boilly 2011b: 30(Argentina, Mexico).  Note.In Boucomont (1912: 5)and Blackwelder (1944: 219), the present species  Neoathyreus lanuginosusis treated as a synonym of  Athyreus excavatus(now  Neoathyreus excavatus). The records are mentioned in the treatment of  N. excavatus.