The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution
Author
Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La
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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
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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.
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Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
vazdemello@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
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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
).