Ontherus aphodioides Burmeister, 1874

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 : 141-142

Ontherus aphodioides Burmeister, 1874

Fig. 55A

Ontherus aphodioides Burmeister, 1874: 126 (original description). Type locality: Uruguay: Montevideo. Name-bearing type: syntypes, unknown whereabouts ( Génier 1996). Described after Burmeister moved to Argentina in 1861 ( Ulrich 1972), the type specimens would now be expected to be among the material of the Burmeister collection preserved in the MACN, but they were not found there by MC in 2014.

Ontherus convexus Luederwaldt, 1930: 105 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Espírito Santo: “Guandú” (possibly the river of this name crossing the state). Name-bearing type: holotype (MNRJ) ( Génier 1996), presumably destroyed in the 2018 fire that consumed the museum’s Coleoptera holdings (see Mega 2019).

Ontherus aphodioides – Gillet 1911b: 57 (catalogue). — Luederwaldt 1931a: 371, 384 (key, redescription). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 456 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list, cited for Uruguay). — Lange 1947: 310 (list). — Martínez 1959: 69 (catalogue for Argentina). — Martínez & Pereira 1960: 79, 80 (contribution). — Forsyth et al. 1998: 370 (conservation, list). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 138 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 56 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Ontherus convexus – Luederwaldt 1931a: 371–372, 386 (key, redescription). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 457 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 206 (list, cited for Brazil). — Martínez & Pereira 1960: 79–80 (comments).

Ontherus (Ontherus) aphodioides – Génier 1996: 117 (revision). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil).

Ontherus (Ontherus) aphodioides – Génier 1996: 117 (revision, new combination). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; Juruani; 15 Aug. 1992; O. Hillert leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Subregions of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Caura and Paragua rivers, and Guiana Shield.

Literature record

Génier 1996: 117 ( Venezuela: Bolívar).

Figures

Fig. 55. Species distribution. A. Ontherus aphodioides Burmeister, 1874. B. Ontherus appendiculatus (Mannerheim, 1829). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.