Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830

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 : 121-122

Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830

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Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830 : pl. 21 fig. 5, 5.a (species-group name made available by being accompanied by an illustration of a member of the taxon, an indication in the sense of Article 12.2.7 of the Code [ ICZN 1999]). Type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso: 264 km N of Xavantina, Serra do Roncador. Name-bearing type: neotype (BMNH), designated by Jessop (1985), not examined.

Eurysternus claudicans Kirsch, 1871: 360 (original description).Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Bogotá. Name-bearing type: holotype (SMTD), not examined.

Eurysternus foedus – Castelnau 1840: 93 (comments). — Guérin-Méneville 1844: 76 (redescription). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (catalogue). — Ohaus 1909: 94 (cited for Ecuador). — Gillet 1911b: 25 (catalogue). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 409 (redescription). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 547 (key). — Halffter & Halffter 1976: 78 (redescription). — Jessop 1985: 1093, 1102 (key, distribution, neotype). — Forsyth et al. 1998: 370 (conservation, list). — Maes 1998: 654 (list for Nicaragua). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Barbero 2001: 4 (cited for Nicaragua). — Medina et al. 2001: 135 (cited for Colombia). — Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (checklist for Panama). — Kohlmann 2003: 45 (cited for Mexico). — Huerta et al. 2003: 24 (biology). — Noriega 2004: 40 (checklist for Tinigua Park, Colombia). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (cited for Bolivia). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (checklist). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Feer 2008: 62 (ecology, list); 2013: 767 (list for French Guiana). — Génier 2009: 146, 288 (diagnosis, key). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity). — Camero 2010: 149, 153 (key, diagnosis). — Brûlé et al. 2011a: 193 (list, cited for French Guiana). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 314–315 (cited for Ecuador). — Larsen 2011: 99 (cited for Suriname). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 63 (guide). — Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011b: 88 (list). — Krajcik 2012: 107 (checklist). — Noriega et al. 2012: 47 (list for Antioquia, Colombia). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Pardo-Locarno & Camero 2014: 210, 211–212 (list for Chocó, Colombia). — Cultid-Medina & Medina 2015: 119–133, 201 (Appendix 11 (list). — Feer & Boissier 2015: 169 (list). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru). — Silva et al. 2017: 490 (list). — Villada-Bedoya et al. 2017: 197 (ecology). — Boilly 2018: 35, 37 (key, distribution). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 95 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 141 (catalogue). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 84 (guide). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 87 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Eurysternus claudicans – Harold 1880: 13 (distribution). — Bates 1887: 39 (distribution). — Gillet 1911b: 25 (catalogue). — Campos 1921: 57 (cited for Ecuador). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list). — Howden & Young 1981: 14, 15 (key, redescription). — Jessop 1985: 1102 (synonym of E. foedus ). — Ratcliffe 2002: 11 (cited as synonym of E. foedus ). — Génier 2009: 145 (cited as synonym of E. foedus ). — Camero 2010: 153 (cited as synonym of E. foedus ). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 314–315 (cited for Ecuador). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (cited as synonym of E. foedus ).

Eurysternus (Eurysternus) foedus – Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (checklist for Brazil).

Material examined

VENEZUELA — Amazonas • 1 spec.; Caño Piojo; Apr 2006; D. Garcia leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Subregions of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní del Escudo Northeast Guiana, and Andes mountains.

Literature records

Jessop 1985: 1103 ( Venezuela). — Barbero 2001: 4 ( Venezuela). — Genier 2009: 145 ( Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolívar and Táchira). — Boilly 2018: 37 ( Venezuela). — Chamorro et al. 2019: 141 ( Venezuela).

Figures

Fig. 47. Species distribution. A. Eurysternus cayennensis Castelnau, 1840. B. Eurysternus foedus Guérin-Méneville, 1830. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.