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Megaceras philoctetes

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Megaceras philoctetes (Olivier, 1789)

Scarabaeus philoctetes Olivier 1789: 16 (French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

= Megaceras teucer Burmeister 1847: 223 (Brazil)

= Megaceras lycaon Endrödi 1976: 32 (Brazil)

Distribution. Guyana: Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer); Endrödi 1985a: 567, 570; Dechambre 1998b: 128. Suriname: Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes); Blackwelder 1944: 256; Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer); Dechambre 1998b: 128; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30; MHCN. French Guiana: Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes); Dechambre 1975: 85, 87 (designation NEOTYPE Scarabaeus philoctetes), 1998b: 128; Endrödi 1985a: 566, 570; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 191, 2014: 182; Duranton 2011: 21; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30; Ponchel 2011: 61; Dupuis 2016b: 110. “Guianas”: Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer); Blackwelder 1944: 256. Brazil (NA): Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes); Burmeister 1847: 223 (as M. teucer); Arrow 1937b: 65 (as M. teucer); Blackwelder 1944: 256 (as M. philoctetes; as M. teucer); Endrödi 1976: 32, 33 (as M. lycaon; as M. teucer) (NA), 1985a: 566, 567, 570 (as M. lycaon; as M. philoctetes); Dechambre 1998b: 128; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Fonseca 2009: 721 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30. Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1976: 32 (as M. lycaon) (?); Dechambre 1998b: 128 (EO); Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30. Other: Arrow 1937b: 64, 65 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); Blackwelder 1944: 256 (Colombia, Ecuador); Endrödi 1976: 32, 33, 42 (Colombia? - as M. lycaon; none - as M. philoctetes; Colombia - as M. teucer), 1985a: 566, 567, 570 (Peru - as M. lycaon; Colombia - as M. philoctetes); Dechambre 1998b: 128 (Bolivia, Colombia?, Peru?); Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33 (Bolivia, Colombia?, Peru?); Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30 (Colombia, Peru).

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Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 202, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Dynastidae
Genus
Megaceras
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Olivier
Species
philoctetes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Megaceras philoctetes (Olivier, 1789) sec. Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019

References

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  • Burmeister, H. C. C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Funfter Band. Besondere Entomologie, Fortsetzung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Theod. Chr. Fr. Enslin; Berlin. 584 p.
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