Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffrei Martínez, 1988

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 : 198-200

Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffrei Martínez, 1988

Fig. 74A–C

Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffrei Martínez, 1988a: 90 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Táchira:“Vía Chorro del Indio and Río Negro”.Name-bearing type: holotype (unknown whereabouts). Originally deposited in Martínez’s personal collection, the holotype would now be expected to be in MACN (see Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018), but it was not located there in 2014 by MC. Edmonds (2000), mistakenly assuming that Martínez’s name-bearing types had been transferred to the CMNC with the rest of his collection, did not search for the holotype in the MACN. However, he found in the CMNC two of the five paratypes originally deposited in Martínez's collection. The other three, including the one originally assigned as the “ allotype ”, are, like the holotype, missing.

Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffrei – Blanco 1988: 44 (distribution). — Edmonds 2000: 30–31 (key, revision, diagnosis). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Arnaud 2002b: 138 (key); 2004: 10 (comments). — Gámez 2004: 48, 59 (distribution). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 68, 72–73 (list, comments, key).

Phanaeus (Sulcophanaeus) auricollis joffrei – Krajcik 2012: 204 (list).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Táchira • 2 specs; Parque Nacional Chorro El Indio; Sep. 1990; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT • 2 specs; Tanque INDS, Vía Chorro del Indio; Oct. 1984; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT.

Distribution

Venezuela (endemic).

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, and Andes mountains.

Literature records

Blanco 1988: 44 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Martínez 1988a: 90 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Edmonds 2000: 31 ( Venezuela: Barinas state: Barinitas; Táchira state: Lomas de Pánaga, San Cristobal, Parque Nacional El Tamá and Parque Nacional Chorro del Indio). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela). — Arnaud 2002b: 138 ( Venezuela). — Gámez 2004: 48, 59 ( Venezuela: Táchira: San Joaquín de Navay, Río Negro, Río Frío; San Cristóbal: Hacienda Pánaga). — Arnaud 2004: 10 ( Venezuela). — Krajcik 2012: 204 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 68 ( Venezuela: Cordillera de Mérida).

Figures

Fig. 74. Species distribution. A. Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffrei Martínez, 1988. B. Female of S. auricollis joffrei. C. Male of S. auricollis joffrei. D. Sulcophanaeus faunus (Fabricius, 1775). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.