Platytomus longulus ( Cartwright, 1948 )

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 : 39

Platytomus longulus ( Cartwright, 1948) / P. gregalis ( Cartwright, 1948)

Pleurophorus longulus Cartwright 1948: 143 / P. gregalis Cartwright 1948: 145

Distribution. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD ( Suriname, Paramaribo.). French Guiana: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD ( French Guiana, Montsinéry, Carrefour du Gallion. 7/ 9- V-2005. A. J. Hielkema. On UV light at night.). Brazil: Cartwright 1948: 143 (as Pleurophorus longulus ). Other: Cartwright 1948: 143, 145 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Uruguay, U.S.A. - as Pleurophorus longulus ; Colombia - as Pleurophorus gregalis ); Gordon and Pittino 1992: 268 (none - as P. longulus ; none - as P. gregalis ).

Note. We have been unable to distinguish between specimens identified by different experts as, respec- tively, Platytomus longulus and P. gregalis . According to Skelley (P. Skelley, pers. comm. 2010), the genus Platytomus needs to be revised.