Dichotomius coenosus (Erichson, 1848)

Fig. 37B

Copris (Pinotus) coenosa [sic] Erichson 1848: 564 (original description). Type locality: Guyana. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MFNB), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus coenosus – Gillet 1911b: 60 (catalogue). — Luederwaldt 1929: 17 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (list).

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) coenosus – Roze 1955: 44 (checklist for Venezuela). — Blanco 1988: 40, 41 (catalogue). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (checklist for Brazil). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Sarmiento-Garcés & Amat-García 2014: 29 (diagnosis, distribution for Colombia). — Pardo-Díaz et al. 2019:8 (comments). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 52 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Mérida • 1 spec.; El Vigia; May 1984; Joffre B. leg.; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 1 spec.; San Pedro del Río; May 1986; Joffre B. leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 464 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT . ‒ Aragua • 1 spec.; Cuyagua; 50 m a.s.l.; 6 Jul. 2004; D. García leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil.

Subregions of Venezuela

Coastal mainland, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Gillet 1911b: 60 (Venezuela). — Luederwaldt 1929: 17 (Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (Venezuela). — Roze 1955: 44 (Venezuela: Distrito Capital and Miranda). — Blanco 1988: 40–41 (Venezuela: Táchira). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (Venezuela: Bolívar). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (Bolívar: Sabanas de Guri, Sucre: Araya and Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).