Diabroctis venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 89

Diabroctis venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990

Fig. 35B

Diabroctis mimas venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990: 147 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Portuguesa:Araure. Name-bearing type: holotype (MIZA) ( Valois et al. 2018), examined from photos by FZVM.

Diabroctis mimas venezuelensis – Arnaud 2002b: 18 (cited as Diabroctis mimas venezuelina Martínez & Clavijo, 1990 , cited as synonym of Diabroctis mimas ). — Gámez 2004: 48, 51–52, 58 (key, list). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 60 (cited as synonym of Diabroctis mimas ).

Diabroctis venezuelensis – Valois et al. 2018: 357 (revision). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019:100 , 292 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; near Río Paraguaz , 100 m a.s.l., 15 May 2004; CEMT . ‒ Portuguesa • 1 ♂; Araure; 1978; CEMT . ‒ Cojedes • 1 ♀; Tinaquillo ; 15 May 1978; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela (endemic).

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Martínez & Clavijo 1990: 147 ( Venezuela: Cojedes; Portuguesa: Araure; Lara [actually, Yaracuy]: Sabana de Parra). — Arnaud 2002b: 18 ( Venezuela). — Gámez 2004: 48 (subregion of Llanos). — Valois et al. 2018: 357–358 ( Venezuela: Cojedes, Bolívar and Portuguesa).

Figures

Fig. 35. Species distribution. A. Diabroctis cadmus (Harold, 1868). B. Diabroctis venezuelensis Martínez & Clavijo, 1990. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.