Deltochilum guildingii ( Westwood, 1834 )

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 75-77

Deltochilum guildingii ( Westwood, 1834)

Fig. 30A

Hyboma guildingii Westwood, 1834 : pl. “Beetles.”, unnumbered (species-group name made available by being accompanied by an illustration of a member of the taxon, an indication in the sense of Article 12.2.7 of the Code [ ICZN 1999]). Type locality: Equatorial America (from the label content; see González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello’s (2014) transcription). Name-bearing type: holotype (OUMNH), examined by FZVM. Note: the publication year is 1834, not 1835 as usually stated in the literature. See Evenhuis (1997b) and Bousquet (2016) for details on the publication date of the several parts of The British cyclopaedia of natural history and the authorship of its entomological entries, on the plate of one of which, “Beetle” (not in the corresponding text on p. 372 as often cited), the name first appeared.

Hyboma chalcea Buquet, 1844: 19 (original description). Type locality: unknown. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello (2014), examined by FZVM.

Deltochilum (Hybomidium) guildingii – González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello 2014: 451, 473 (diagnosis, distribution, key). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 77 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Amazonas • 1 spec.; Caño Piojo ; Apr. 2006; D. García leg.; CEMT. ‒ La Guaira • 1 spec.; Vargas, La Sabana ; 10°36′25.34″ N, 66°16′31.08″ W; 17 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2009; H. Martínez, P. Cely, M. Córdova and M. Nuñez leg.; human faeces; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar , Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 459 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2009; M. Asmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT . – Táchira • 5 specs; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay ; 7.6622° N, 71.7104° W; 200 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT . ‒

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Brazil.

Subregions of Venezuela

Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, Andes mountains, Central Coast Mountain Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature record

González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello 2014: 451, 473 ( Venezuela: Amazonas and Bolívar).

Figures

Fig. 30. Species distribution. A. Deltochilum guildingii (Westwood, 1835). B. Deltochilum icarus (Olivier, 1789). Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.