Onthophagus lebasi Boucomont, 1932

Fig. 60B

Onthophagus lebasi Boucomont, 1932: 309, 326 (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Bolívar: Cartagena de Indias. Name-bearing type: holotype (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Onthophagus lebasi – Blackwelder 1944: 211 (list, cited for Colombia). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 563 (key). — Howden & Young 1981: 109 (contribution, redescription). — Escobar 1997: 423 (ecology, list). — Zunino & Halffter 1997: 162 (classification). — Maes 1998: 655 (list for Nicaragua). — Escobar 2000: 2069 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 139 (checklist for Colombia). — Bustos-Gómez & Lopera-Toro 2003: 61 (diet). — Krajcik 2006: 114 (list). — Noriega et al. 2007: 83 (list). — Pulido-Herrera & Zunino 2007: 107 (catalogue). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 61 (diversity). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 40 (guide). — Delgado & Curoe 2014: 64 (key, cited for Panama). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Aragua • 1 spec.; Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Choroni; 28 Jul. 1992; Homburg leg.; CEMT . ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; El Manteco; 3 Aug. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 08:28, 32h; CEMT • 1 spec.; s ame locality data as for the preceding; 4 Aug. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 07:34, 23h; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 2 specs; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay; 7.6622° N, 71.7104° W; 200 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 2 specs; Bolívar, Aroa; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 1376 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT . ‒ Zulia • 1 spec.; Rosario de Perijá; 18 Jul. 2006; curso de NM2006 leg.; faeces, 13:40, 25h; CEMT • 1 spec.; same data as for preceding except for the time; 13:47; CEMT .

Distribution

Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Zunino & Halffter 1997: 163 (Venezuela: Zulia). — Pulido-Herrera & Zunino 2007: 107 (Venezuela).