An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas
Author
Hielkema, Auke J.
Author
Hielkema, Meindert A.
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-10-25
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732
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3678492
8e18452b-1d9d-462e-bac8-8c86eeb4ddc3
1942-1354
3678492
930EAB11-37FA-41B0-980A-1A4736527842
Amblyodus taurus
Westwood, 1878
Amblyodus taurus
Westwood 1878: 33
(
Nicaragua
)
Distribution.
French Guiana
:
Ponchel 2010a: 9
,
2011: 61
;
Dupuis 2016b: 110
.
Brazil
:
Gasca-Álvarez and Aguiar 2008: 221
.
Other:
Westwood 1878: 33
(
Nicaragua
);
Arrow 1937b: 86
(
Nicaragua
,
Panama
);
Blackwelder 1944: 257
(
Nicaragua
,
Panama
);
Endrödi 1977c: 15
(
Mexico
), 1985a: 693 (
Mexico
);
Lachaume 1992: 50
(
Mexico
,
Panama
);
Gasca-Álvarez and Aguiar 2008: 221
(
Costa Rica
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
).
Note.
Gasca-Álvarez and Aguiar (2008: 221)
record
Amblyodus taurus
for
Brazil
. This was proven to be a misidentification, and their specimens are used by
Grossi and Grossi (2011: 23)
as the
holotype
and some of the
paratypes
of the newly described
A. castroi
.
Ponchel (2010a: 9
,
2011: 61
) and
Dupuis (2016b: 110)
record
A. taurus
for
French Guiana
. Since
A. taurus
appears to be restricted to Central America, their specimens may belong to
A. castroi
too, or even to a yet undescribed species. Pending further research, we leave these records under
A. taurus
.