The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution Author Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La 36CFEA67-71C5-4F3C-97F8-B57E43C811CC Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Estudios Botánicos y Agroforestales, Laboratorio de Ecología Espacial, Maracaibo, estado Zulia, Venezuela. lozanoceci@gmail.com Author Cupello, Mario BDB03C18-7095-4EAA-8BDD-03CB4F79676D Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Currently at Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA. mcupello@hotmail.com Author Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. 2BC093C2-3E2B-466B-B31C-9F3D9FA844BC Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. vazdemello@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-10-11 959 1 1 272 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2677/12401 journal article 305167 10.5852/ejt.2024.959.2677 bf132c8e-dbc7-4f3d-96e9-1a0b153e765a 2118-9773 13945464 30872C13-516F-42FA-AFA7-30ADC6BF1BAF Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868) Fig. 35A Phanaeus cadmus Harold, 1868e: 82 (original description). Type locality: French Guiana . Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Arnaud (1982) , not examined. Phanaeus mimaeformis Ancey, 1880: 205 (original description). Type locality: unknown; incorrectly stated as Costa Rica by Ancey (1880) based on mislabelled material, but the species does not occur there ( Valois et al. 2018 ). Name-bearing type: lectotype (RBINS), designated by Valois et al. (2018) , not examined. Phanaeus cadmus – Harold 1869d: 1017 (catalogue). — Nevinson 1892: 2 (list). — Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 65 (list). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 15 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 81 (catalogue, cited for Colombia , Guianas, Costa Rica ). Phanaeus mimaeformis – Bates 1887: 387 (cited for Costa Rica ). — Nevinson 1892: 2 (as junior synonym of D. cadmus ). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 63 (cited as junior synonym of D. cadmus ). Taurocopris cadmus – d’Olsoufieff 1924: 22 , 62, 140 (key, comments, distribution). — Janssens 1940: 2 , 4 (cited, key). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list, cited for Costa Rica ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 567 (key). Diabroctis cadmus – Edmonds 1972: 821 (cited). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of types , MNHN). — Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 151 (key, comments). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia ). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 279 (diagnosis, distribution). — Arnaud2002b:18 (key, distribution).— Gámez 2004:48 , 51, 52,58 (list, distribution, key).— Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 22 (guide). — Valois et al. 2018: 351 , 365 (key, diagnosis). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019:100 , 292 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ Zulia • 1 spec. ; Rosario de Perijá ; 20 Jul. 2006 ; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces , 13h – 00:00; CEMT . Fig. 35. Species distribution. A . Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868) . B . Diabroctis venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990 . Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data. Distribution Colombia and Venezuela . Subregions of Venezuela Maracaibo Depression, and System of hills and low sierras Lara-Falcón. Literature records d’Olsoufieff 1924: 62 , 140 ( Venezuela ). — Roze 1955: 45 ( Venezuela : Falcón : Buena Vista). — Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 5 ( Venezuela : Zulia : Maracaibo, El Guaco). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela ). — Arnaud 2002b: 18 ( Venezuela : Zulia ). — Gámez 2004: 58 ( Venezuela : Zulia : Mara and El Guaco). — Vítolo 2004: 279 ( Venezuela : Zulia ). — Ferrer-Paris et al . 2013: 109 ( Venezuela : Zulia : Rosario de Perijá). — Valois et al . 2018: 350 , 365 ( Venezuela : Zulia ).