Ontherus lichyi Martínez, 1947

Fig. 57B

Ontherus lichyi Martínez, 1947c: 45 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Carabobo: Borburata River valley, 675 m a.s.l. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), examined by MC.

Ontherus mirandai Pereira, 1954b: 461 (original description). Type locality: Brazil: Amazonas: Rio Negro. Name-bearing type: holotype (MZSP), not examined.

Ontherus lichyi – Roze 1955: 44 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Pereira & Martínez 1960: 49 (distribution). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 582 (key). — Blanco 1987: 44 (catalogue). — Escobar 2000: 209 (checklist for Colombia). — Medina et al. 2001: 139 (checklist for Colombia). — Noriega et al. 2007: 81 (list for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity). — Krajcik 2012: 174 (list).

Ontherus mirandai – Pereira & Martínez 1960: 49 (cited as synonym of Ontherus lichyi).

Ontherus (Ontherus) lichyi – Génier 1996: 100 (revision, redescription). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 57 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

Paratype

VENEZUELA ‒ 1 ♂; “VENEZUELA/ E° CARABOBO / Valle Rio Borhu _/ rata, 670 m. alt./ R. Lichylegit:/ Jul-941”; “ Ontherus / lichyi / sp. n./ A. Martínez-DET.1946/ ♂”; “ PARATIPO ”; CEMT / CUIABÁ/ 00078190.

Additional material

VENEZUELA ‒ Miranda • 1 spec.; Altos de Pipe, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (“Campus IVIC”); 10°23′51″ N, 66°58′15″ W; 1500 m a.s.l.; Jul. 2009; F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg.; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.

Subregion of Venezuela

Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 582 (Venezuela). — Blanco 1987: 44 (Venezuela: Táchira). — Génier 1996: 100 (Venezuela: Carabobo and Distrito Capital). — Krajcik 2012: 174 (Venezuela).