Ateuchus columbianus (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 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.959.2677
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13945597
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scientific name	Ateuchus columbianus (Harold, 1868)
status

Treatment

Ateuchus columbianus (Harold, 1868) View in CoL

Fig. 10A View Fig

Choeridium columbianum Harold, 1868b: 58 View in CoL (original description). Type locality: Colombia. Name-bearing type: syntypes lost (MC, pers. obs.).

Choeridium columbianus View in CoL – Harold 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Gillet 1911b: 52 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Balthasar 1939c: 62 (key, cited for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list, cited for Colombia).

Ateuchus columbianus View in CoL – Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 590 (key). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (checklist for Peru).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Barinas • 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Bolívar, Barinitas (“BARINITAS ENV.”); Jan. 1996; Petr. Pokorny leg.; ex A. Dostal collection; CEMT . ‒ Mérida • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “ Finca Campo Alegre ”; Jan. 2001; R. Acconcia leg. CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; San Cristóbal, Frio River [“Río Frio”]; 1 Aug. 1984; B. Joffre leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela (new country record) and Peru.

Subregion of Venezuela

Andes mountains.

Literature record

No previous reports for Venezuela.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Ateuchus