Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) lanuginosus (Klug, 1843)

Celante, Gabriel Luiz, Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel, Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard, Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva & Santos, Paula Batista Dos, 2024, A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 389-401 : 398

Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) lanuginosus (Klug, 1843)

Material examined. 1 male and 1 female at MFCE labeled “24 M 514726 9159628 BRASIL, Ceará, Brejo Santo , PMN12, 12/iv/2023, luminosa, Nogueira, M.F.” ( MFCE014268 , male; MFCE014269 , female) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 M 559057 9276021 BRASIL, Paraíba, Uiraúna , PMN20, 20/ii/2023, luminosa, Nogueira, M.F.” ( MFCE014270 ) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 M 500329 9146940 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Cabrobó , PMN10, 21/03/2023, luminosa, Nogueira, M.F.” ( MFCE017706 ) .

Distribution. BRAZIL: Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná ( Howden 1985b; Boilly 2011b), Paraiba (new record); VENEZUELA; COLOMBIA; FRENCH GUIANA; ECUADOR; PERU; BOLIVIA; PARAGUAY; ARGENTINA ( Howden 1985b). ( Fig. 5C ).

Remarks. Neoathyreus lanuginosus is the most widely distributed species in South and Central America (from Argentina to Mexico) ( Boilly 2011b).

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FIGURE 5A–D. Distribution records of some Bolboceratinae species. A, Athyreus arretado new species, Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902 and Athyreus tuberifer Felsche, 1909 distribution records; B, Neoathyreus anthracinus (Klug, 1843) and Neoathyreus braziliensis Howden, 1985 distribution records; C, Neoathyreus centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909), Neoathyreus lanuginosus (Klug, 1843), and Parathyreus trituberculatus (Klug, 1843) distribution records; D, Bolbapium caesum (Klug, 1843), Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913), and Bolbapium sulcifrons Ide & Martínez, 1993 distribution records. The black symbols represent new records, the unfilled symbols are literature records.