Tomarus gyas Erichson, 1848

Tomarus gyas Erichson 1848: 561 (Guyana)

Distribution. Guyana: Erichson 1848: 561; RMNH. Suriname: Endrödi 1969a: 73 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas), 1985a: 263 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); Dechambre 1979c: 168 (as Ligyrus gyas); Escalona and Joly 2006: 122 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); López-García et al. 2016: 503. French Guiana: Duranton 2011: 20 (as Ligyrus gyas) (?); Dupuis 2016b: 107, 110. Brazil (NA): Blackwelder 1944: 254 (as Ligyrus gyas); Endrödi 1969a: 73 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas) (NA), 1985a: 263 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); Dechambre 1979c: 168 (as Ligyrus gyas); Escalona and Joly 2006: 122 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); López-García et al. 2016: 503. Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1969a: 73 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas), 1985a: 263 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); Dechambre 1979c: 168 (as Ligyrus gyas); Escalona and Joly 2006: 122 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas) (EO); López-García et al. 2016: 503. “Amazon Basin”: Arrow 1937b: 38 (as Ligyrus gyas). Other: Endrödi 1969a: 73 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru - as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas), 1985a: 263 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru - as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); Dechambre 1979c: 168 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru - as Ligyrus gyas); Lachaume 1992: 33 (Argentina–Mexico - as Ligyrus gyas); Ratcliffe 2003: 277 (Argentina–Mexico); Escalona and Joly 2006: 122 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru - as Ligyrus (Tomarus) gyas); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); López-García et al. 2015: 484 (Argentina–Mexico, Colombia), 2016: 503 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru).