Canthon juvencus Harold, 1868

Fig. 16A

Canthon juvencus Harold, 1868a: 111 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Bolívar: Cartagena de Indias. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MFNB and MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Canthon raripilus Bates 1887: 30 (original description). Type locality: Panama: Panamá: in the districts of Balboa (Pearl Islands: Isla del Rey: San Miguel) and Taboga (Isla Taboga). Name-bearing type: syntypes (BMNH and MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Canthon juvencus – Harold, 1869d: 991 (cited for Cartagena); 1880: 17 (cited for Muzo, Colombia). — Candèze 1891: 329 (list). — Schmidt 1922: 76 (list, distribution). — Gillet 1911b: 30 (cited for Colombia). — Balthasar 1939a: 206 (key, cited for Colombia and Mexico). — Howden & Young, 1981: 28 (revision). — Escobar 1997: 423 (list); 2000: 207 (checklist for Colombia). — Amézquita et al. 1999: 119 (biodiversity). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 27 (redescription); 2012: 7 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Bustos-Gómez & Lopera-Toro 2003: 61 (diet). — Noriega 2004: 40 (checklist for Tinigua Park, Colombia). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 13 (list). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (atlas). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 58 (diversity). — Arias-Buriticá et al. 2011: 876 (cited for Brazil, Colombia and Panama). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 67 (guide). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 (list). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Canthon raripilus – Gillet 1911b: 32 (cited for Panama). — Schmidt 1920: 125 (synonymized with Canthon juvencus, revision).

Canthon juvencum – Blackwelder 1944: 199 (list). — Roze 1955: 41 (checklist for Venezuela, cited as C. juvenicum).

Canthon juvencum raripilus – Gacharná 1951: 221 (catalogue).

Glaphyrocanthon (Glaphyrocanthon) juvencus – Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 127 (new combination, key).

Glaphyrocanthon juvencus – Martínez et al. 1964a: 10, 12 (distribution, key). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 662 (catalogue).

Canthon (Canthon) juvencus — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 90 (monograph, key). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 61 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Guárico • 1 spec.; near Paso Real Guárico; 20 Aug. 1959; C.J. Rosales leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 702 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares, and H. Martínez leg.; in human faeces; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for the preceding except for elevation; 710 m a.s.l.; CEMT .

Distribution

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Escudo Northeast Guiana, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Candèze 1891: 329 (Venezuela: [actually, Carabobo]: San-Esteban). — Schmidt 1922: 76 (Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 199 (Venezuela). — Pereira & Martínez 1956a: 127 (Venezuela). — Martínez et al. 1964a: 10 (Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 662 (Venezuela). — Howden & Young 1981: 28 (Venezuela). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 27 (Venezuela). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (Venezuela: Bolívar state). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 (Venezuela: Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco; Miranda: Altos de Pipe; Sucre: Araya; Yaracuy: Hacienda Guáquira; Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).