Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) anthracinus (Klug, 1843)

Celante, Gabriel Luiz, Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel, Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard, Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva & Santos, Paula Batista Dos, 2024, A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 389-401 : 396

Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) anthracinus (Klug, 1843)

Material examined. 1 male at MFCE labeled “25 M 294343 9210888 BRASIL, Paraíba, João Pessoa, Mata do buraquinho, 16/v/2023, interceptação de voo, da Silva, G.L.C.” ( MFCE017709 ) .

Distribution. BRAZIL: Alagoas, Bahia ( Howden & Martínez 1978; Howden 1985b), Paraíba (new record). ( Fig. 2C , 5B ).

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FIGURE 2A–D. Collecting localities.A, São Francisco River Sand Dunes in Casa Nova, Bahia, Brazil; B, Caatinga in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil; C, flight intercept trap in Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Buraquinho, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil; D, Reserva Biológica Guaribas, Mamanguape, Paraíba, Brazil.

FIGURE 5A–D. Distribution records of some Bolboceratinae species. A, Athyreus arretado new species, Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902 and Athyreus tuberifer Felsche, 1909 distribution records; B, Neoathyreus anthracinus (Klug, 1843) and Neoathyreus braziliensis Howden, 1985 distribution records; C, Neoathyreus centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909), Neoathyreus lanuginosus (Klug, 1843), and Parathyreus trituberculatus (Klug, 1843) distribution records; D, Bolbapium caesum (Klug, 1843), Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913), and Bolbapium sulcifrons Ide & Martínez, 1993 distribution records. The black symbols represent new records, the unfilled symbols are literature records.