Dichotomius fallax ( Harold, 1880 )

Dichotomius fallax ( Harold, 1880) View in CoL

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Pinotus fallax Harold, 1880: 26 View in CoL (original description). Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Tequendama: La Mesa; and Venezuela: Distrito Capital: Caracas. Name-bearing type: syntypes (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus ( Selenocopris) fallax View in CoL – Luederwaldt 1929: 64 (key).

Pinotus fallax View in CoL – Gillet 1911b: 60 (catalogue). — Gacharná 1951: 222 (list for Colombia). — Balthasar 1941: 349 (list, characteristics); 1951: 334 (list). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (checklist).

Dichotomius fallax View in CoL – Roze 1955: 44 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 587 (key). — Medina et al. 2001: 138 (checklist for Colombia). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; El Manteco; 5 Aug. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; heces, 24h, 08:00; CEMT • 2 specs; Campo Minero, Río Yuruani , El Dorado; 190 m; 23‒30 May 1987; CEMT • 1 spec.; Las Piñas , 30 km E of Paragua; 12 Apr. 1983; C. Bordon leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 483 m; 19 Jul. 2009; M. Assmüssen, P Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT GoogleMaps . ‒ Zulia • 1 spec.; Rosario de Perijá ; 18 Jul. 2006; curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 23h, 13:09; CEMT .

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago ( new country record, CEMT), Brazil ( new country record, CEMT) and Peru.

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní del Escudo Northeast Guiana, and Central Coast Mountain Range.

Literature records

Harold 1880: 26 ( Venezuela: Caracas). — Gillet 1911b: 60 ( Venezuela). — Luederwaldt 1929: 64 ( Venezuela). — Balthasar 1941: 349 ( Venezuela); 1951: 334 ( Venezuela).— Blackwelder 1944: 207 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 587 ( Venezuela). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Lago Guri).