On the types species of the New World dung beetle genus Canthidium Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with an annotated checklist of species Author Cupello, Mario text Zootaxa 2018 2018-03-06 4388 4 451 486 journal article 30595 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.1 a884362d-a9f8-4cee-8cd4-dcf59a73ede2 1175-5326 1189072 7A57C29B-6B16-445E-A8D7-750C736E6B42 Canthidium ( Canthidium ) laetum Harold, 1867 Canthidium laetum Harold, 1867: 53a [here transferred to the subgenus Canthidium ]. Type locality: Mexico (“ Mexiko ”). Type material: Holotype male [the specimen was sent to Harold by a teacher named Schmidt from Hamburg . If it was housed at the Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg in 1943, it was probably destroyed by the World War II Allied bombing of that city ( Klapperich 1948 ; Weidner 1976), as discussed by Solís & Kohlmann (2004)]. Distribution: From Mexico to Costa Rica (Kohlmann & Solís 2006a).