Pseudocanthon perplexus ( LeConte, 1847 )

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 : 187-189

Pseudocanthon perplexus ( LeConte, 1847)

Fig. 70A

Canthon perplexus LeConte, 1847: 85 (original description). Type locality: United States: Illinois: Adams Co.: Quincy. Name-bearing type: holotype (MCZC), examined from photos.

Canthon perplexus – LeConte 1859: 11 (description); 1863: 36 (checklist). — Halffter 1961: 232–233 (comments). — Harold 1868a: 67 (description, cited for Mexico: Yucatan); 1869d: 992 (catalog, distribution, cited for Texas). — Horn 1870: 46 (description, cited for Texas). — Blanchard 1885: 164, 167 (key, description, cited for Arkansas, Texas, and Mexico). — Kolbe 1905: 579 (description, cited for Louisiana, Illinois, Texas and Mexico). — Blatchley 1910: 915 (redescription, cited for Illinois); 1918: 54 (list, comments, cited for Illinois to California and Yucatan). — Gillet 1911b: 31 (catalog, cited for Mexico, North and Central America). — Leng 1920: 248 (list, Illinois, Texas, Mexico, Indiana, California). — Schmidt 1922: 64, 78 (description). — Balthasar 1939a: 190 (key, North and Central America). — Islas 1942: 334 (key, cited for Mexico). — Robinson 1948b: 86, 97 (key, distribution, cited for Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Texas). — Matthews 1966: 83 (cited as type of Pseudocanthon ). — Howden & Young 1981: 35 (cited; cited for United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 (cited).

Pseudocanthon perplexus – Bates 1887: 35 (catalog, cited for Mexico, Guatemala: Paso Antonio, Nicaragua and Amazon). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 109 (remarks, cited as present from the United States to Argentina). — Halffter 1961: 232–233 (taxonomic remarks); 2003: 26 (catalogue for Mexico). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 591–592 (catalog, cited from North and Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil); 1967: 551 (key, cited for Venezuela, Colombia, Central America, Mexico and Antillas). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 60 (review, list). — Howden & Young 1981: 35–36 (description, distribution, remarks). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000 (checklist). — Barbero 2001: 3 (checklist for Nicaragua). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia). — Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2001: 54 (checklist, cited, Mexico). — Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (checklist for Panama). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 14 (inventory for Bolivia). — Ivie & Philips 2008: 11–12 (comments, checklist). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 59 (checklist for Colombia). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 119, 314 (checklist, cited for Ecuador). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 4 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Taboada-Verona et al. 2019: 589 (checklist, cited as Pseudocanthon aff. perplexus ). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 (diagnosis, distribution).

Canthon perplexum – Blackwelder 1944: 200 (checklist, cited for United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and Brazil). — Roze 1955: 42 (checklist). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 (cited).

Pseudocanthon perplexum – Martínez 1947a: 267 (catalogue). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 (cited).

Canthon (Pseudocanthon) perplexus – Krajcik 2006: 29 (checklist, cited for North America); 2012: 64 (checklist, cited for North America). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 (cited).

Distribution

United States to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Antilles.

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, and Delta plain of the Orinoco River and coastal swamp of the San Juan River.

Literature records

Roze 1955: 42 ( Venezuela: Sucre: Tunapuicito). — Nazaré-Silva & Silva 2021: 66 ( Venezuela: Barinas).

Figures

Fig. 70. Species distribution. A. Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847). B. Pseudocanthon xanthurus (Blanchard, 1847). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.