§ Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) abas (MacLeay, 1819)

Phanaeus jasius abas? MacLeay 1819: 127 (Trinidad and Tobago - NEOTYPE)

Distribution. Brazil (NA): Pacheco and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Arnaud 2002c: 28; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 50 (EO). Other: MacLeay 1819: 127 (Trinidad and Tobago - as Phanaeus jasius abas ?); Gillet 1911b: 84 (Trinidad and Tobago - treated as a synonym of C. jasius); Olsoufieff 1924: 65 (treated as a variety of C. jasius); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (treated as a synonym of C. jasius); Arnaud 2002b: 3 (Trinidad and Tobago - designation NEOTYPE Phanaeus jasius var. abas); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 50 (Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago).