Macraspis pseudochrysis Landin, 1956

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 : 144

Macraspis pseudochrysis Landin, 1956

Macraspis pseudochrysis Landin 1956a: 10 , 16

Note. Two presently recognized subspecies of Macraspis pseudochrysis have been described, one of which occurs in the research area. The other one is M. pseudochrysis chaparensis Soula, 2005 (recorded from Bolivia).

Subspecies Macraspis pseudochrysis pseudochrysis Landin, 1956

Macraspis pseudochrysis Landin 1956a: 10 , 16 ( Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru)

Distribution. Suriname: Ohaus 1934: 153 (as M. chrysis ); Blackwelder 1944: 241 (as M. chrysis ); Landin 1956a: 10, 16; MHCN; RMNH. French Guiana: Ohaus 1934: 153; Blackwelder 1944: 241; Landin 1956a: 10, 16; Soula 2005: 386, 2010a: 58; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192, 2014: 182; Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 40; MHCN; RMNH. “Guianas”: Machatschke 1972: 70 (as M. chrysis ); Soula 1998: 44, 2003: 44. Brazil: Ohaus 1934: 153 (as M. chrysis ); Blackwelder 1944: 241 (as M. chrysis ); Landin 1956a: 10, 16; Machatschke 1972: 70 (as M. chrysis ); Soula 1998: 44, 2003: 44. Venezuela (EO): Soula 1998: 44, 2003: 44, 2005: 386; Kirmse and Ratcliffe 2019: 153 (EO). Other: Ohaus 1934: 153 (Bolivia, Peru - as M. chrysis ); Blackwelder 1944: 241 (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru - as M. chrysis ); Landin 1956a: 10, 16 (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru); Machatschke 1972: 70 (Bolivia, Peru - as M. chrysis ); Soula 1998: 44 (Peru), 2005: 386 (Colombia).

Note. Ohaus (1934: 153, 154), Blackwelder (1944: 241, 242) and Machatschke (1972: 70, 72) all list Macraspis chrysis and M. lucida as separate species. From Landin (1956a: 10) it may be concluded that their M. chrysis is conspecific with M. pseudochrysis , while their M. lucida is the true M. chrysis as described by Linnaeus. Their records are listed here accordingly. It is uncertain to which of these species De Geer (1774: 319), Erichson (1848: 562) and Bodkin (1919: 217) refer, and their records are not included here.