Bradypodidium venezuelense ( Ferreira & Galileo, 1993 )

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 : 29

Bradypodidium venezuelense ( Ferreira & Galileo, 1993)

Fig. 13A–B

Pedaridium venezuelense Ferreira & Galileo, 1993: 27 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Carabobo: Parque Nacional San Esteban, 100 m. Name-bearing type: having originally been deposited in the Antonio Martínez personal collection ( Ferreira & Galileo 1993), the holotype would now be expected to be in MACN (see Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018), but it was not found there by MC in 2014.

Bradypodidium venezuelense – Vaz-de-Mello 2008: 20 (new combination). — Krajcik 2012: 57 (list).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Miranda • 1 spec.; 8 km S of Caracas, Turgua ; 26 Dec. 1965; M.E. Peterson leg.; CEMT . ‒ Aragua • 1 spec.; Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande; 800 m a.s.l.; 24‒25 [no month?] 1971; H. and A. Howden leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same locality data as for preceding; 1100 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 1976; I. Jaspe B. leg.; mercury light; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela (endemic) ( Ferreira & Galileo 1993).

Subregion of Venezuela

Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Ferreira & Galileo 1993: 27 ( Venezuela: Carabobo). — Vaz-de-Mello 2008: 20 ( Venezuela: Carabobo: San Esteban and Aragua). — Krajcik 2012: 57 ( Venezuela).

Figures

Fig. 13. Species distribution. A. Bradypodidium venezuelense (Ferreira & Galileo, 1993). B. Dorsal view of B. venezuelense. C. Canthidium lebasi Harold, 1867. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.