Aphengium cupreum Shipp 1897b: 187 An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas Hielkema, Auke J. Hielkema, Meindert A. Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-25 732 732 1 306 FD4C Shipp, 1897 Shipp 1897 [213,662,686,710] Insecta Scarabaeidae Aphengium Animalia Coleoptera 41 40 Arthropoda species cupreum      Aphengium cupreum Shipp 1897b: 187( Brazil)   Distribution. Brazil(NA): Shipp 1897b: 187; Gillet 1911b: 49; Blackwelder 1944: 203; Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190; Ratcliffe 2013b: 493(NA); Silva and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 509.  Note.Based on the distributional information in Silva and Vaz-de-Mello (2015: 509), the record of  Aphengium cupreumfrom just north of the Amazon main channel in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazilgiven in Ratcliffe (2013b: 493)is based on an incorrect identification. This species appears to be restricted to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and does not occur in the research area.