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.