Pseudomacraspis affinis ( Laporte, 1840 )

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 151-152

Pseudomacraspis affinis ( Laporte, 1840)

Macraspis affinis Laporte 1840: 118

Note. Three presently recognized subspecies of Pseudomacraspis affinis have been described, two of which occur in the research area. The other one is P. affinis amazonica Soula, 2002 (recorded from Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Subspecies Pseudomacraspis affinis affinis ( Laporte, 1840)

Macraspis affinis Laporte 1840: 118 ( French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

= Macraspis prasina Burmeister 1844: 357 ( French Guiana)

Distribution. Guyana: Erichson 1848: 562 (as Macraspis prasina ); Soula 2002a: 236. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Sipaliwini, Botopasi Resort, (4°13′N, 55°26′W). 28/ 31-VIII-2015. M. A. Hielkema. In decaying wood.); RMNH. French Guiana: Laporte 1840: 118 (as Macraspis affinis ); Burmeister 1844: 357 (as Macraspis prasina ); Ohaus 1934: 142 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Blackwelder 1944: 240 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Machatschke 1972: 64 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Soula 2002a: 236 (designation NEOTYPE Macraspis affinis ), 2002b: 90, 2010a: 58 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192 (as P. affinis [s. l.]), 2014: 183 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 40 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); MHCN; RMNH. Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 240 (as P. affinis [s. l.]). “Amazon Basin”: Ohaus 1934: 142 (as P. affinis [s. l.]); Machatschke 1972: 64 (as P. affinis [s. l.]). Other: Ohaus 1934: 142 (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru - as P. affinis [s. l.]); Blackwelder 1944: 240 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru - as P. affinis [s. l.]); Machatschke 1972: 64 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru - as P. affinis [s. l.]).

Note. Until 2002 there were no recognized subspecies of Pseudomacraspis affinis , which means that all pre-2002 records are filed under the name of the species s. l. Based on the distributions of the two subspecies described by Soula (2002a: 237, 2005: 380), the nominotypical subspecies appears to be restricted to the Guianas and possibly some parts of northern Brazil and eastern Venezuela.

§ Subspecies Pseudomacraspis affinis venezolana Soula, 2005

Pseudomacraspis affinis venezolana Soula 2005: 380 ( Venezuela (EO))

Distribution. Venezuela (EO): Soula 2005: 380 (EO).