Ataenius stercorator ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 31-32

§ Ataenius stercorator ( Fabricius, 1775)

Scarabaeus stercorator Fabricius 1775: 20 (none - LECTOTYPE)

= Ataenius opacus Harold 1867c: 100 (none - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Bodkin 1919: 214 (as A. opacus ). Brazil: Fabricius 1775: 20 (as Scarabaeus stercorator ); Harold 1867c: 100 (as A. opacus ); A. Schmidt 1910b: 76, 78 (as A. opacus ; as A. stercorator ), 1922b: 444 (as A. opacus ); Blackwelder 1944: 215 (as A. opacus ; as A. stercorator ); Stebnicka 1998b: 200; 2003b: 246; 2007b: 32. Other: A. Schmidt 1910b: 76, 78 (Montevideo [= Uruguay] - as A. opacus ; Antilles, North and South America - as A. stercorator ), 1922b: 422, 444 (Montevideo [= Uruguay] - as A. opacus ; America including islands - as A. stercorator ); Blackwelder 1944: 215 ( Argentina, Uruguay - as A. opacus ; Argentina, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., Old World - as A. stercorator ), 1957: 1398 ( Colombia); Landin 1956b: 219 (none - designation LECTOTYPE Scarabaeus stercorator ); Cartwright 1973: 41 (none - designation LECTOTYPE Ataenius opacus ); Stebnicka 1998b: 200 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay), 2003b: 246 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay), 2007b: 32 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay).

Note. Bodkin (1919: 214) provides the only record of Ataenius stercorator (as A. opacus ) for the research area. Based on the known distribution of this species, Bodkin’s specimen was probably misidentified. We regard this species as not occurring in the Guianas.