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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.1
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Canthidium
(
Neocanthidium
)
quadridens
Harold, 1867
Canthidium quadridens
Harold, 1867b
: 73
[here transferred to the subgenus
Neocanthidium
].
Type
locality:
Peru
:
Loreto
: Mariscal Ramón Castilla: Pebas, the Upper Amazon River (“Oberes Gebiet des Amazorenstromes, Pebas (Bates!)”).
Type
material:
Unknown number of
syntypes
(MNHN—ex Bates collection).
Distribution:
Peru
(
Harold 1867b
,
1869a
) [the geographical distribution of this species is very confusedly reported throughout the literature.
Harold (1867b
,
1869a
) clearly states his specimens were collected by Henry Walter Bates in Pebas,
Peru
. Without explanation,
Gillet (1911)
and
Blackwelder (1944)
cited the species only from
Mexico
and Martínez & Halffter (1986a) cited the species only from
Bolivia
. Here I decided to follow Harold’s original report since there is no evidence suggesting it is wrong. It is also noteworthy that neither
Kohlmann (2003)
nor Kohlmann & Solís (2006a) included
C. quadridens
is their studies of Mexican
Canthidium
].