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 Sulcophanaeus steinheili (Harold, 1875) Fig. 75B Phanaeus steinheili Harold, 1875c: 213 (original description). Type locality: Colombia : Quindío . Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Arnaud (1982) , not examined. Phanaeus steinheili – Gillet 1911b: 86 (catalog, cited for Colombia ). Phanaeus ( Sulcophanaeu s) steinheili – d’Olsoufieff 1924: 79 , 135, 146 (key, redescription, distribution). Sulcophanaeus steinheili – Blackwelder 1944: 209 (cited for Colombia ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 572 (key for the Amazon). — Edmonds 1972: 822 , 824–825 (comments); 2000: 33 , 36 (key, diagnosis, distribution). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of MNHN types ). — Escobar 2000: 210 (checklist for Colombia ). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 281 (diagnosis, distribution for Colombia ). — Arnaud 2002b: 144 (key). — Gámez 2004: 48 , 58 (list, distribution). — Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (list for Colombia ). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (Andean region of Colombia ). — Gámez & Acconcia 2020: 4 , 7, 10, 13 (comments, distribution, key). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ 2 specs ; Solia [Zulia, misspelling]; Dec. 1996 ; J. Gaméz leg.; CEMT . ‒ Zulia • 2 specs ; 1 Nov. 1996 ; J. Gamez leg.; CEMT • 1 spec. ; Colón , El Caracolí ; 70 m a.s.l. ; 20 Feb. 1996 ; Jorge Gámez leg.; pasture ; CEMT • 1 spec. ; Colón , Km 36 vía Santa Barbara , Hacienda Santa Ana ; 40 m a.s.l. ; 20 Feb. 1996 ; J. Gaméz and E. Moza leg.; cow dung , pasture ; CEMT . Distribution Colombia and Venezuela . Subregions of Venezuela Maracaibo Depression, and Plains. Literature records Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 572 ( Venezuela ). — Edmonds 2000: 36 ( Venezuela : Zulia and Mérida ). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela ). — Arnaud 2002b: 144 ( Venezuela : Zulia ). — Gámez 2004: 48 , 58 ( Venezuela : Zulia : Colón: Hacienda Santa Ana). — Vítolo 2004: 281 ( Venezuela ). — Gámez & Acconcia 2020: 10 ( Venezuela : south of Lake Maracaibo and Sierra de Perijá).