Ataenius columbicus Harold, 1880

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 : 26

Ataenius columbicus Harold, 1880

Ataenius columbicus Harold 1880: 39 ( Colombia - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Stebnicka 2007b: 41. Suriname: Stebnicka 2004: 219, 2007b: 41; MHCN. French Guiana: Stebnicka 2004: 219. Brazil: Stebnicka 2004: 219, 2007b: 41. Venezuela: Harold 1880: 39; A. Schmidt 1910b: 73, 1922b: 440; Blackwelder 1944: 214. Other: Harold 1880: 39 (Colombia); A. Schmidt 1910b: 73 (Colombia), 1922b: 440 (Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 214 (Colombia); Cartwright 1973: 42 (Colombia - designation LECTOTYPE Ataenius columbicus ); Stebnicka 2004: 219 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay), 2007b: 41 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay).

Note. Both the text and the distributional map in Stebnicka (2004: 219) indicate that Ataenius columbicus has been found in French Guiana but not in Guyana. However, in Stebnicka (2007: 41) French Guiana is not mentioned, while Guyana is. It may be assumed that in the latter publication, French Guiana is erroneously referred to as Guyana. We treat it as such, which means that the species remains unreported for Guyana even though it may well occur there.