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Ataenius scutellaris in Harold 1867

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Ataenius scutellaris Harold, 1867

Ataenius scutellaris Harold 1867b: 82 (Venezuela - LECTOTYPE)

= Ataenius frater Arrow 1903: 512 (Grenada, Saint Vincent)

Distribution. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Wanica, Kuwarasan, (5°47′56″N, 55°13′50″W). 18-VIII-2010. A. J. Hielkema. In used dung hill.); NZCS. French Guiana: A. Schmidt 1922b: 425 (as A. frater); Stebnicka 2007a: 48; MHCN. Brazil: A. Schmidt 1910b: 74, 77, 1922b: 425; Balthasar 1941c: 356; Blackwelder 1944: 215; Stebnicka 2007a: 48. Venezuela (EO): Blackwelder 1944: 215; Cartwright 1973: 41 (designation LECTOTYPE Ataenius scutellaris); Bordat 1990: 95; Galante et al. 2003: 291; Stebnicka 2007a: 48 (EO), 2007b: 59. Other: Harold 1867b: 82 (Colombia); Arrow 1903: 512 (Grenada, Saint Vincent - as A. frater); A. Schmidt 1910b: 74, 77 (West Indies - as A. frater; Antilles, Central America, Colombia - as A. scutellaris), 1922b: 425 (West Indies, Seychelles, Southeast Asia - as A. frater; Antilles, Central America - as A. scutellaris); Balthasar 1941c: 356 (Antilles, Central America, Peru); Blackwelder 1944: 215 (West Indies - as A. frater; Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, West Indies - as A. scutellaris); Bordat 1990: 95 (Antilles, Central America, northern South America, India, Malaysia, Mascarene Islands, Seychelles); Galante et al. 2003: 291 (Central and South America, Mexico, West Indies, Vanuatu); Stebnicka 2007a: 48 (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, West Indies, Madagascar, “Malaya,” Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu), 2007b: 59 (Central and South America, West Indies, Madagascar, “Malaya,” Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu).

Note. The “Columbia” which is mentioned as the type locality of Ataenius scutellaris in Harold (1867b: 82) could include Venezuela; Gran Colombia (the former Virreinato de la Nueva Granada) got split into Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in the first half of the 19th century.

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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 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7FF1CFFEBFFCDFF48FAB83561FB70

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

Scientific name authorship
in Harold
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Aphodiidae
Genus
Ataenius
Species
scutellaris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ataenius scutellaris Harold, 1867 sec. Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019

References

  • Harold, E. von. 1867 a. Zur Kenntniss der Gattung Canthidium und ihrer nachsten Verwandten. Coleopterologische Hefte 1: 1 - 61.
  • Harold, E. von. 1867 b. Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte 1: 76 - 83.
  • Arrow, G. J. 1903. On the laparostict lamellicorn Coleoptera of Grenada and St. Vincent (W. Indies). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903 (4): 509 - 520.
  • Schmidt, A. 1922 b. Coleoptera Aphodiinae. In: Das Tierreich. 45. Lieferung. Walter de Gruyter & Co.; Berlin and Leipzig. 614 p.
  • Stebnicka, Z. T. 2007 a. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. VIII. Revision of the A. scutellaris - group and diagnosis of the A. texanus - carinator - group with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50 B (2): 45 - 81.
  • Schmidt, A. 1910 b. Aphodiinae. p. 1 - 111. In: S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus Pars 20. W. Junk; Berlin. 111 p.
  • Balthasar, V. 1941 c. Scarabaeidae laparostictae (Col.). 68. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeiden Col. p. 337 - 358. In: E. Titschack. Beitrage zur Fauna Perus: nach der Ausbeute der Hamburger Sudperu-Expedition 1936, anderer Sammlungen, wie auch auf Grund von Literaturangaben. Bd I. Behre; Hamburg, Germany. 358 p. [Note. Reprinted 1951 by Gustav Fischer; Jena, Germany. 344 p.]
  • Blackwelder, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. United States National Museum Bulletin 185 (2): 189 - 341.
  • Cartwright, O. L. 1973. Additional lectotype designations in the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 27 (1): 41 - 43.
  • Bordat, P. 1990. Sous-famille Aphodiinae & Eupariinae. Faune de Madagascar 74: 17 - 129.
  • Galante, E., Z. T. Stebnicka, and J. R. Verdu. 2003. The Aphodiinae and Rhyparinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in southern states of Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46 (3): 283 - 312.