Ontherus kirschii Harold, 1867

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 : 147-149

Ontherus kirschii Harold, 1867

Fig. 57A

Ontherus kirschii Harold, 1867d: 96 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Bogotá. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Génier (1996), not examined.

Ontherus elongatus Waterhouse, 1891a: 357 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela. Name-bearing type: holotype (BMNH), not examined.

Ontherus kirschii – Harold 1869a: 503 (comments); 1869c: 59 (comments); 1869d: 1008 (catalogues, cited for “ Bogota ”); 1880: 21 (distribution, comments). — Kirsch 1871: 357 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 58 (catalog, cited for Colombia). — Luederwaldt 1931a: 396, 399 (key, cited Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list, cited for Colombia). — Escobar 2000: 209 (checklist for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Orozco & Pérez 2008: 38–39 (list for Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity).

Ontherus elongatus – Luederwaldt 1931a: 364, 396, 399 (comments, key). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list). — Roze 1955: 44 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Havranek 1989: 61 (list). — Génier 1996: 35 (revision, redescription, cited as synonym of O. kirschii ).

Ontherus (Caelontherus) kirschii – Génier 1996: 35 (revision, redescription).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Aragua • 1 spec.; Choroni bei Maracay ; 1500 m a.s.l.; 26 Mar. 1995; O. Hillert leg.; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 2 specs; May 1999; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°22′9.37″ N, 68°50′19.35″ W; 1624 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Coastal mainland, Plains, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Gillet 1911b: 58 ( Venezuela). — Luederwaldt 1931a: 396, 399, 414, 416 ( Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 ( Venezuela). — Havranek 1989: 61 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Génier 1996: 35 ( Venezuela: Aragua, Barinas, Distrito Capital, Táchira and Trujillo).

Figures

Fig. 57. Species distribution. A. Ontherus kirschii Harold, 1867. B. Ontherus lichyi Martínez, 1947. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.