Ancognatha lutea Erichson, 1847

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 158

§ Ancognatha lutea Erichson, 1847

Ancognatha lutea Erichson 1847: 97 ( Peru)

Distribution. Guyana: Ferrú and Elgueta 2011: 37; Moore et al. 2018b: 115. Brazil: Ferrú and Elgueta 2011: 37; Moore et al. 2018b: 115. Other: Erichson 1847: 97 ( Peru); Arrow 1937b: 6 ( Peru); Blackwelder 1944: 250 ( Peru); Endrödi 1966a: 382 ( Bolivia, Colombia, Peru), 1985a: 164 ( Bolivia, Colombia, Peru); Ferrú and Elgueta 2011: 37 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay); Moore et al. 2018b: 115 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay).

Note. Ferrú and Elgueta (2011: 37) mention Ancognatha lutea for Guyana, and this location is copied in Moore et al. (2018b: 115). We do not know their source of this record, but Guyana is far from the rest of the area of distribution of this species and we are unaware of any other records from the research area. We suspect a mislabeling or misidentification and regard this species as not occurring in the research area.