§ Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) viridis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Copris viridis Palisot de Beauvois 1805: 24 (U.S.A.)

Distribution. French Guiana: A. Schmidt 1922a: 82; Blackwelder 1944: 202 (as C. viride). Brazil (NA): A. Schmidt 1922a: 82 (NA); Blackwelder 1944: 202 (as C. viride). Other: Palisot de Beauvois 1805: 24 (U.S.A. - as Copris viridis); Gillet 1911b: 34 (Belize, Mexico, U.S.A.); A. Schmidt 1922a: 82 (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, U.S.A.); Balthasar 1939e: 198 (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, U.S.A.); Blackwelder 1944: 202 (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, U.S.A. - as C. viride); Pereira and Martínez 1956b: 133 (Central America, Mexico, U.S.A. - as Glaphyrocanthon (Glaphyrocanthon) viridis); Martínez et al. 1964a: 8, 9 (Central America, Mexico, U.S.A. - as Glaphyrocanthon viridis); Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 665 (Central America, Mexico, U.S.A. - as Glaphyrocanthon viridis); Rivera-Cervantes and Halffter 1999: 109 (Mexico, U.S.A.).

Note. According to Rivero-Cervantes and Halffter (1999: 79), Canthon viridis belongs to a group of 15 species, some of which were previously considered subspecies of C. viridis, and all of which are restricted to southern North America and Central America. We therefore regard the records in A. Schmidt (1922a: 82) and Blackwelder (1944: 202) from French Guiana and Brazil as erroneous.