Germarostes (Haroldostes) senegalensis ( Laporte, 1840 )

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 : 21

Germarostes (Haroldostes) senegalensis ( Laporte, 1840)

Acanthocerus senegalensis Laporte 1840: 109 ( Senegal)

= Acanthocerus striatus Germar 1843: 141 ( French Guiana)

Distribution. Suriname: Paulian 1982: 49 (as Haroldostes senegalensis ). French Guiana: Germar 1843: 141 (as Acanthocerus striatus ); Arrow 1912: 48 (as Cloeotus senegalensis ); Blackwelder 1944: 218 (as Cloeotus senegalensis ); Paulian 1982: 49 (as Haroldostes senegalensis ); Howden and Gill 2000: 325; Ocampo and Ballerio 2006: 187; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 185 (as G. (Germarostes) senegalensis ), 2014: 178; Ballerio 2014: 84. Brazil: Paulian 1982: 49 (as Haroldostes senegalensis ); Howden and Gill 2000: 325; Ocampo and Ballerio 2006: 187. Other: Laporte 1840: 109 ( Senegal - as Acanthocerus senegalensis ).

Note 1. Laporte (1840: 109) mentions Sénégal [ Senegal] as the type locality of his Acanthocerus senegalensis , which is likely the result of a mislabeled specimen.

Note 2. According to Paulian (1982: 49), three of the specimens of Germarostes senegalensis he examined, including the only one from Suriname and one from Brazil Amazonas (Tefé), differ uniformly from other specimens of this species by their size, coloration and sculpture. They may in fact belong to an undescribed species.