Sulcophanaeus steinheili (Harold, 1875)

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 : 203

Sulcophanaeus steinheili (Harold, 1875)

Fig. 75B

Phanaeus steinheili Harold, 1875c: 213 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Quindío. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Arnaud (1982), not examined.

Phanaeus steinheili – Gillet 1911b: 86 (catalog, cited for Colombia).

Phanaeus (Sulcophanaeu s) steinheili – d’Olsoufieff 1924: 79, 135, 146 (key, redescription, distribution).

Sulcophanaeus steinheili – Blackwelder 1944: 209 (cited for Colombia). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 572 (key for the Amazon). — Edmonds 1972: 822, 824–825 (comments); 2000: 33, 36 (key, diagnosis, distribution). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of MNHN types). — Escobar 2000: 210 (checklist for Colombia). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 281 (diagnosis, distribution for Colombia). — Arnaud 2002b: 144 (key). — Gámez 2004: 48, 58 (list, distribution). — Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (list for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (Andean region of Colombia). — Gámez & Acconcia 2020: 4, 7, 10, 13 (comments, distribution, key).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ 2 specs; Solia [Zulia, misspelling]; Dec. 1996; J. Gaméz leg.; CEMT. ‒ Zulia • 2 specs; 1 Nov. 1996; J. Gamez leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Colón , El Caracolí; 70 m a.s.l.; 20 Feb. 1996; Jorge Gámez leg.; pasture; CEMT • 1 spec.; Colón, Km 36 vía Santa Barbara , Hacienda Santa Ana ; 40 m a.s.l.; 20 Feb. 1996; J. Gaméz and E. Moza leg.; cow dung, pasture; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, and Plains.

Literature records

Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 572 ( Venezuela). — Edmonds 2000: 36 ( Venezuela: Zulia and Mérida). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 ( Venezuela). — Arnaud 2002b: 144 ( Venezuela: Zulia). — Gámez 2004: 48, 58 ( Venezuela: Zulia: Colón: Hacienda Santa Ana). — Vítolo 2004: 281 ( Venezuela). — Gámez & Acconcia 2020: 10 ( Venezuela: south of Lake Maracaibo and Sierra de Perijá).

Figures

Fig. 75.Species distribution. A. Sulcophanaeus leander (Waterhouse, 1891). B. Sulcophanaeus steinheili (Harold, 1875). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.