Ruteloryctes morio (Fabricius, 1798)

Moore, Matthew R., Cave, Ronald D. & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini), ZooKeys 745, pp. 101-378 : 248

Ruteloryctes morio (Fabricius, 1798)

Melolontha morio Fabricius, 1798: 131 [original combination].

Chalepus morio (Fabricius) [new combination by Hope 1837: 71].

Heteronychus morio (Fabricius) [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 95].

Ruteloryctes morio (Fabricius) [new combination by Prell 1937a: 188].

syn. Ruteloryctes tristis Arrow, 1908: 336 [original combination].

Ruteloryctes morio (Fabricius) [synonymy by Paulian 1954: 1123].

syn. Melolontha hottentotta Schönherr, 1817: 187 [original combination].

Heteronychus hottentotta ( Schönherr) [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 95].

Ruteloryctes morio (Fabricius) [synonymy by Arrow 1937b: 20].

Types.

Endrődi (1966) stated that there was a “type” at MNHN (Desfontaines Collection) without further details. Types of R. tristis and M. hottentotta were not reported on by Endrődi (1966). Arrow (1908) stated that he had specimens of R. tristis at the BMNH and in the Oberthür Collection. Prell (1937a) examined a female specimen of M. morio at ZMUK (now at ZMUC), and it is possible that this Fabrician specimen is still in that collection.

Distribution.

ANGOLA. BÉNIN. CAMEROON. CHAD: Barh Köh. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Zanzan. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Équateur, Orientale. GUINEA. GUINEA-BISSAU. NIGERIA: Cross River. SENEGAL: Kaolack, Tambacounda. SIERRA LEONE. THE GAMBIA.

References.

Fabricius 1798, 1801, Schönherr 1817, Hope 1837, Burmeister 1847, Harold 1869b, Arrow 1908, 1937b, Prell 1937a, Janssens 1942, Burgeon 1947, Paulian 1954, Zimsen 1964, Endrődi 1966, 1971b, 1985a, Krell et al. 2003, Ervik and Knudsen 2003, Hirthe and Porembski 2003, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Moore and Jameson 2013.