Canthidium (Canthidium) ruficolle (Germar, 1823)

Copris ruficollis Germar, 1823: 104 [transferred to Canthidium by Harold 1867a: 41; here transferred to the subgenus Canthidium; see Bousquet (2016) for the publication year]. Type locality: Brazil (“Brasilia”). Type material: Probably some syntypes at ZMHB—ex Germar collection. Distribution: Brazil: Pará (Martínez & Halffter 1986a) [but see the type locality of its junior synonym].

Onthophagus cruentus Perty, 1830: 42, plate 9, fig. 1 [synonymized by Harold 1867a: 41]. Type locality: Brazil: São Paulo (“Brasilia australi, Prov. S. Pauli”). Type material: According to Scherer (1983), no syntypes were found at ZSMC, where they were supposed to be deposited. The last author to examine a specimen from the type series was Harold (1867a).