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 Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891 Fig. 53C Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891b: 60 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela : La Guaira: La Guaira. Name-bearing type: holotype (BMNH), examined by MC. Gromphas aeruginosa var. lemoinei Gillet 1911b: 80 (catalogue). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 138 (catalogue). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list). — Roze 1955: 45 (cited, checklist for Venezuela ). — Barattini & Sáenz 1961: 23 (contribution); 1964: 177 (description). Gromphas lemoinei Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 447 , 454 (key, revision, redescription); 2015: 12 (phylogeny). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 71 , 73 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 78 (guide). Fig. 53. Species distribution. A . Genieridium bordoni ( Martínez, 1992 ) . B . Dorsal view of G. bordoni . C . Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891 . Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data. Material examined VENEZUELA Barinas 2 specs ; San Antonio de Pagen ; Jul. 1989 ; CEMT . ‒ Táchira 4 specs ; Vía Santo Domingo , Hacienda Santa Rosa ; Jun. 1992 ; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT . Distribution Colombia and Venezuela . Subregions of Venezuela Plains, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range. Literature records Gillet 1911b: 80 ( Venezuela ). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 20 , 58, 135, 138 ( Venezuela ).— Boucomont 1928b: 6 ( Venezuela ). — Balthasar 1941: 350 ; 1951: 335 ( Venezuela ). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 ( Venezuela ). — Barattini & Sáenz 1961: 23 ( Venezuela : San Fernando Apure ); 1964: 177 ( Venezuela : San Fernando Apure ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 566 ( Venezuela ). — Blanco 1988: 42 ( Venezuela : Táchira state ). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 61 ( Venezuela ). — Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 447 , 454 ( Venezuela : Apure : San Fernando de Apure ; Barinas ; Distrito Capital ; Táchira ); 2015: 12 ( Venezuela : Táchira ). — Gámez & Acconcia 2018: 71 , 73 ( Venezuela : Barinas : Andrés Eloy Blanco). — Cupello 2024: 30 , 32–33, 35, fig. 5 ( Venezuela ).