An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas Author Hielkema, Auke J. Author Hielkema, Meindert A. text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-25 732 732 1 306 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 .