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 10.5852/ejt.2024.959.2677 2118-9773 13945464 30872C13-516F-42FA-AFA7-30ADC6BF1BAF Eurysternus superbus Génier, 2009 Fig. 51B–C Eurysternus superbus Génier, 2009: 113 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela : Aragua : Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, 1100 m a.s.l. Name-bearing type: holotype (CMNC), not examined. Eurysternus superbus — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ Aragua • 3 specs; Maracay , “La cumbre”; 1500 m ; 14 Jun. 1993 ; O. Hillert leg.; CEMT • 1 spec. ; same data as for preceding except for the date; 27 Jul. 1993 ; CEMT . ‒ Miranda • 3 specs; Altos de Pipe , Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (“ Campus IVIC”); 10°23′51″ N , 66°58′15″ W ; 1500 m a.s.l. ; Jul. 2009 ; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar , Aroa ; 10°22′10.56″ N , 68°50′16.94″ W ; 1639 m a.s.l. ; 21 Jul. 2009 ; M.Asmüssen , P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; CEMT . Distribution Venezuela (endemic, Génier 2009 ). Subregions of Venezuela Andes mountains and Central Coast Mountain Range. Literature records Génier 2009: 113 ( Venezuela : Aragua , Carabobo and Lara ). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela : Miranda : Altos de Pipe).