Oxysternon (Mioxysternon) spiniferum Laporte, 1840

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 : 102

Oxysternon (Mioxysternon) spiniferum Laporte, 1840

Oxysternon spiniferum Laporte 1840: 83 (“Guianas” - NEOTYPE)

= Oxysternon curvispinum Olsoufieff 1924: 119 ( Ecuador) - Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64. Suriname: Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64; Larsen 2011: 99, 2013: 97; MHCN; NZCS; RMNH. French Guiana: Laporte 1840: 83; Olsoufieff 1924: 50, 119; Feer 2000: 32; Arnaud 2002c: 65 (as O. spiniferum spiniferum ); Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 193, 2014: 183; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a: annex 4: 19; Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 41; Boilly et al. 2016: 95 (as O. spiniferum spiniferum ); RMNH. “Guianas”: Gillet 1911b: 87; Blackwelder 1944: 210; Arnaud 2003: 2 (designation NEOTYPE Oxysternon spiniferum ). Brazil (NA): Arnaud 2002c: 65 (as O. spiniferum spiniferum ) (NA); Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35 (NA); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64. Venezuela (EO): Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35 (EO); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64. Other: Olsoufieff 1924: 50, 119 (Ecuador - as O. curvispinum ); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (Ecuador - as O. curvispinum ); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Arnaud 2002c: 65 (Bolivia, Ecuador - as O. spiniferum curvispinum ; Bolivia, Peru - as O. spiniferum spiniferum ); Edmonds and Zídek 2004: 35 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 64 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru).

Note. According to Pacheco and Vaz-de-Mello (2015: 3), the mentioning of RR (the abbreviation of the Brazilian state of Roraima) in Arnaud (2002c: 65) as the origin of a specimen of Oxysternon spiniferum is incorrect and should be changed to RO (the abbreviation of the Brazilian state of Rondônia).

Subgenus OXYSTERNON Laporte, 1840

Oxysternon Laporte 1840: 82