Ateuchus calcaratus (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 9B

Choeridium calcaratum Harold, 1868b: 76 (original description). Type locality: originally said to be French Guiana, but this is incorrect (MC, pers. obs.). Name-bearing type: syntypes, ambiguous status (see Cupello 2020 for details).

Choeridium calcaratum – Harold 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Brazil). — Gillet 1911b: 52 (catalogue, cited for Brazil). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list, cited for Brazil).

Ateuchus calcaratus – Vulcano et al. 1976: 522 (cited for French Guiana and Panama). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (checklist for Brazil). — Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (checklist for Panama). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 44 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Caroní, Ciudad Guayana; Jan. 1996; Petr Pokorný leg.; CEMT • 2 ♀♀; El Manteco; 2 Aug. 2006; no collector; in dung; CEMT .

Distribution

Venezuela (new country record); the French Guiana record is incorrect (MC, pers. obs.).

Subregion of Venezuela

System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield.

Literature record

No previous reports for Venezuela.