Ateuchus aeneomicans (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 7B

Choeridium aeneomicans Harold, 1868d: 82 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Amazonas: São Paulo de Olivença. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MNHN), examined by MC and FZVM.

Choeridium aeneomicans – Harold 1868b: 37, 66 (key, redescription); 1869d: 1006 (catalogue, cited for the Amazon). — Gillet 1911b: 52 (catalogue, cited for Amazonas and Panama). — Balthasar 1939c: 63 (key, cited for Brazil and Panama). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list, cited for Panama and Brazil).

Choeridium aeneo-micans – Bates 1887: 46‒47.

Ateuchus aeneomicans – Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 589 (key). — Howden & Young 1981: 68–69 (contributions). — Kohlmann 1997: 178–179 (key, redescription). — Feer 2000: 31 (checklist for French Guiana). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia). — Ratcliffe 2002: 13 (checklist for Panama). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 27 (atlas). — Arias-Buriticá et al. 2011: 875 (cited for Chocó, Colombia). — Krajcik 2012: 49 (list). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 4 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (checklist for Peru). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 14 (catalogue). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 44 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Apure • 1 ♂; Muñoz, Mantecal; 1 Jun. 1993; Hornburg leg.; CEMT . ‒ Portuguesa • 2 ♀♀; Guanare; Oct. 1985; no collector; CEMT • 1 ♂; Guanare; 15 Oct. 1985; no collector; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 1 ♀; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay; 07°47′59″ N, 71°40′24.24″ W; 655 m a.s.l.; 26 Aug. 2006; T. Good et al. leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (new country record), Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia (MC, pers. obs.).

Subregions of Venezuela

Plains, and Andes mountains.

Literature record

No previous reports for Venezuela.