Megaceras philoctetes ( Olivier, 1789 )

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 202

Megaceras philoctetes ( Olivier, 1789)

Scarabaeus philoctetes Olivier 1789: 16 ( French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

= Megaceras teucer Burmeister 1847: 223 ( Brazil)

= Megaceras lycaon Endrödi 1976: 32 ( Brazil)

Distribution. Guyana: Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer ); Endrödi 1985a: 567, 570; Dechambre 1998b: 128. Suriname: Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes ); Blackwelder 1944: 256; Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer ); Dechambre 1998b: 128; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30; MHCN. French Guiana: Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes ); Dechambre 1975: 85, 87 (designation NEOTYPE Scarabaeus philoctetes ), 1998b: 128; Endrödi 1985a: 566, 570; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 191, 2014: 182; Duranton 2011: 21; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30; Ponchel 2011: 61; Dupuis 2016b: 110. “Guianas”: Endrödi 1976: 33 (as M. teucer ); Blackwelder 1944: 256. Brazil (NA): Olivier 1789: 16 (as Scarabaeus philoctetes ); Burmeister 1847: 223 (as M. teucer ); Arrow 1937b: 65 (as M. teucer ); Blackwelder 1944: 256 (as M. philoctetes ; as M. teucer ); Endrödi 1976: 32, 33 (as M. lycaon ; as M. teucer ) (NA), 1985a: 566, 567, 570 (as M. lycaon ; as M. philoctetes ); Dechambre 1998b: 128; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Fonseca 2009: 721 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30. Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1976: 32 (as M. lycaon ) (?); Dechambre 1998b: 128 (EO); Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30. Other: Arrow 1937b: 64, 65 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); Blackwelder 1944: 256 (Colombia, Ecuador); Endrödi 1976: 32, 33, 42 (Colombia? - as M. lycaon ; none - as M. philoctetes ; Colombia - as M. teucer ), 1985a: 566, 567, 570 (Peru - as M. lycaon ; Colombia - as M. philoctetes ); Dechambre 1998b: 128 (Bolivia, Colombia?, Peru?); Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 33 (Bolivia, Colombia?, Peru?); Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 30 (Colombia, Peru).