Ateuchus persplendens (Balthasar, 1939)

Choeridium persplendens Balthasar, 1939c: 50 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Valle del Cauca: Dagua River. Name-bearing type: holotype (SMTD), examined by MC and FZVM.

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

Literature record

Roze 1955: 43 (Venezuela: Sucre: Carúpano).

Remarks

Although the CEMT houses no specimens of A. persplendens, MC confirms the presence of the species in Venezuela as reported by Roze (1955) based on his study of material from other collections for his forthcoming revision of Ateuchus .