Anticheira virens (Drury, 1773)

Scarabeus [sic] virens Drury 1773: 54, pl. XXX, fig. 3

Note 1. Three presently recognized subspecies of Anticheira virens have been described, all of which occur in the research area.

Note 2. The description and drawing of Scarabaeus virens in Drury (1770) do not mention the name of this species. It is only given in the index in the back of the volume.

Note 3. Based on the distribution of the various subspecies of Anticheira virens given in Soula (2003: 55), we have placed the record of A. virens from Guayana [= “Guianas”] as mentioned in Ohaus (1934: 147) under the nominal subspecies, while we have placed the record from Óbidos in the Brazilian state of Pará under the subspecies A. virens jossi .

§ Subspecies Anticheira virens bleuzeni (Soula, 2005)

Dorysthetus virens bleuzeni Soula 2005: 368 (Venezuela (EO))

Distribution. Venezuela (EO): Soula 2005: 368 (as Dorysthetus virens bleuzeni) (EO).

§ Subspecies Anticheira virens jossi (Soula, 2002)

Dorysthetus virens jossi Soula 2002a: 278 (Brazil (NA))

Distribution. Brazil (NA): Ohaus 1934: 147 (as Antichira virens [s. l.]) (NA); Soula 2002a: 278 (as Dorysthetus virens jossi) (NA), 2003: 55 (as Dorysthetus virens jossi).

Subspecies Anticheira virens virens (Drury, 1773)

Scarabeus [sic] virens Drury 1773: 54, pl. XXX, fig. 3 (French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

Distribution. Suriname: Blackwelder 1944: 241 (as Antichira virens); MHCN. French Guiana: Blackwelder 1944: 241 (as Antichira virens); Soula 1998: 73 (designation NEOTYPE Scarabaeus virens), 2010a: 58 (as Dorysthetus virens virens); Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192 (as Dorysthetus virens virens). “Guianas”: Ohaus 1934: 147 (as Antichira virens [s. l.]); Machatschke 1972: 65; Soula 1998: 73 (as Dorysthetus virens virens), 2003: 55 (as Dorysthetus virens virens). Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 241 (as Antichira virens); Machatschke 1972: 65; Soula 1998: 73 (as Dorysthetus virens virens), 2003: 55 (as Dorysthetus virens virens). Other: Drury 1773: 54 (none - as Scarabeus [sic] virens).