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 Deltochilum orbignyi amazonicum Bates, 1887 Deltochilum amazonicum Bates, 1887: 37 (original description). Type locality: Peru : Loreto : Mariscal Ramón Castilla: Pebas. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello (2014) , examined by FZVM. Distribution The polytypic species Deltochilum orbignyi ( Blanchard, 1846 ) is widely distributed in South America, ranging from Colombia in the north, crossing the Brazilian Amazon and the Bolivian Chiquitano Dry Forests in the central region of the continent, and extending as far south as the Argentinian provinces of Salta and Corrientes ( González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello 2014 ). All Amazonian populations ( Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , and Brazil ) have been classified as the subspecies D. orbignyi amazonicum , whereas populations in the south, from Bolivia and Argentina , constitute the nominotypical subspecies, D. orbignyi orbignyi ( González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello 2014 ; Ratcliffe et al . 2015 ). Presence in Venezuela is likely, but still to be formally confirmed (see below). Literature records Paulian 1938: 262 ( Venezuela ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 650 ( Venezuela ). — Blanco 1987: 43 ( Venezuela : Táchira ). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 ( Venezuela : Bolívar : Lago Guri). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 ( Venezuela : Aragua [actually, Guárico ]: Altagracia de Orituco; Bolívar : Isla de Anacoco; Yaracuy : Hacienda Guáquira and Zulia : Rosario de Perijá). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 79 ( Venezuela ). Remarks González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello (2014) unfortunately did not address any of the multiple records of the taxon for Venezuela as found in the literature. Since they also did not examine any specimens from the country, Venezuela was not included in the distribution of Deltochilum orbignyi amazonicum as presented by them. Their nearest records are from Colombia and the Brazilian state of Amazonas . We will wait until someone confirms the presence of the species in Venezuela using González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello’s key before including it in the list of species certainly present in the country.