Hemiphileurus vicarius Prell, 1936

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 : 220

Hemiphileurus vicarius Prell, 1936

Hemiphileurus vicarius Prell 1936: 184 ( Colombia)

= Phileurus depressus Burmeister 1847: 156 (South America - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Endrödi 1978: 92, 1985a: 716; Ratcliffe 2001: 442, 2003: 383; Duranton 2011: 24 (?); Ponchel 2011: 61; Dupuis 2016b: 110. “Guianas”: Burmeister 1847: 156 (as Phileurus depressus ); Arrow 1937b: 88; Blackwelder 1944: 258. Brazil: Endrödi 1978: 92, 1985a: 716; Ratcliffe 2001: 442, 2003: 383. Other: Burmeister 1847: 156 ( Colombia, South America - as Phileurus depressus ); Prell 1936: 184 ( Colombia); Arrow 1937b: 88 ( Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 258 ( Colombia); Endrödi 1978: 92 ( Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, South America - designation LECTOTYPE Phileurus depressus Burmeister, 1847 ), 1985a: 716 ( Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador); Ratcliffe 2001: 442 ( Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama), 2003: 383 ( Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama).

Note. Geotrupes (now Hemiphileurus ) depressus Fabricius, 1801 ( 1801a: 18) is redescribed by Burmeister (1847: 156) as Phileurus depressus , but his specimens were actually different from G. depressus Fabricius and are assigned the new name Hemiphileurus vicarius in Prell (1936: 184) .