Heterogomphus telamon (Burmeister, 1847)

Stypotrupes telamon Burmeister 1847: 210 (Suriname - NEOTYPE)

= Heterogomphus (Syneterogomphus) sternbergi Prell 1912a: 129 (Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Suriname: Prell 1914: 215 (as H. (Syneterogomphus) sternbergi); Arrow 1937b: 63; Blackwelder 1944: 256; Endrödi 1976: 109 (designation NEOTYPE Stypotrupes telamon), 1985a: 591, 598; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 22; Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 29. French Guiana: Duranton 2011: 22; Ponchel 2011: 61; Dupuis 2016b: 110. Brazil (NA): Prell 1912a: 129 (as H. (Syneterogomphus) sternbergi) (?); Endrödi 1976: 109 (designation LECTOTYPE Heterogomphus (Syneterogomphus) sternbergi), 1985a: 591, 598; Gasca-Álvarez et al. 2008: 22 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Fonseca 2009: 721 (NA); Gasca-Álvarez and Ratcliffe 2011: 29. Other: Burmeister 1847: 210 (Farther India - as Stypotrupes telamon); Arrow 1937b: 63 (Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 256 (Colombia).

Note. Burmeister records Heterogomphus telamon from “Hinterindien” (German for “Farther India ”), but this species is restricted to northern South America. See Prell (1933: 66) for details on how the actual origin of the species became known.