Sulcophanaeus faunus (Fabricius, 1775)

Scarabaeus faunus Fabricius 1775: 23 (French Guiana)

Distribution. Guyana: Erichson 1848: 564 (as Phanaeus faunus); Forsyth and Gill 1993: 70 ( Sulcophaneus [sic] faunus). Suriname: Olsoufieff 1924: 80 (as Phanaeus faunus); Balthasar 1941c: 351 (as Phanaeus faunus); Larsen 2011: 99, 2013: 97; MHCN; RMNH. French Guiana: Fabricius 1775: 23 (as Scarabaeus faunus); Gillet 1911b: 83 (as Phanaeus faunus); Olsoufieff 1924: 80 (as Phanaeus faunus); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Phanaeus faunus); Edmonds 2000: 9; Feer 2000: 32; Arnaud 2002c: 133; Feer and Pincebourde 2005: 30; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 67; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a: annex 4: 19; Boilly et al. 2016: 95. “Guianas”: Balthasar 1941c: 351 (as Phanaeus faunus). Brazil (NA): Gillet 1911b: 83 (as Phanaeus faunus); Olsoufieff 1924: 80 (as Phanaeus faunus) (NA); Balthasar 1941c: 351 (as Phanaeus faunus); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Phanaeus faunus); Edmonds 2000: 9 (NA); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 195; Arnaud 2002c: 133 (NA); Quintero and Roslin 2005: appendix A (as Sulcuphanaeus [sic] faunus) (NA); Gardner et al. 2008: table S1 (NA); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 67; Pacheco and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Olsoufieff 1924: 80 (as Phanaeus faunus); Balthasar 1941c: 351 (as Phanaeus faunus); Arnaud 2002c: 133 (EO). Other: Olsoufieff 1924: 80 (Bolivia, Peru - as Phanaeus faunus); Balthasar 1941c: 351 (Bolivia, Peru - as Phanaeus faunus); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (Argentina - as Phanaeus faunus); Edmonds 2000: 9 (Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Arnaud 2002c: 133 (Bolivia?); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 67 (Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru).