Tomarus maimon Erichson, 1847

Tomarus maimon Erichson 1847: 96 (Peru)

= Heteronychus fossator Burmeister 1847: 101 (French Guiana) - López-García and Deloya 2018: 335 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Dupuis 2016a: 31 (as Tomarus maimon fossator), 2016b: 107, 110 (as Tomarus maimon fossator); López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. French Guiana: Burmeister 1847: 101 (as Heteronychus fossator); Dupuis 2016a: 31 (as Tomarus maimon fossator), 2016b: 107, 110 (as Tomarus maimon fossator); López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. “Guianas”: Arrow 1937b: 37, 38 (as Ligyrus fossator); Blackwelder 1944: 254 (as Ligyrus fossator). Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 254 (as Ligyrus fossator); Endrödi 1969a: 68 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) maimon), 1985a: 262 (as Ligyrus (Tomarus) maimon); Dupuis 2016a: 31 (as Tomarus maimon fossator) (?); López-García et al. 2016: 503; López-García and Deloya 2018: 335. Other: Erichson 1847: 96 (Peru); Arrow 1937b: 37, 38 (Peru - as Ligyrus maimon); Blackwelder 1944: 254 (Peru - as Ligyrus maimon); Endrödi 1969a: 68 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru - as Ligyrus (Tomarus) maimon), 1985a: 262 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru - as Ligyrus (Tomarus) maimon); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Dupuis 2016a: 31 (Chile, Ecuador, Peru); López-García et al. 2016: 503 (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); López-García and Deloya 2018: 335 (Chile, Ecuador, Peru).

Note. Heteronychus fossator is synonymized with Tomarus maimon in Endrödi (1969a: 68) . This is undone in Dupuis (2016a: 31), where fossator is elevated to the status of a valid subspecies of maimon . The synonymization is reinstated in López-García and Deloya (2018: 335).