Rutela lineola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scarabaeus lineola Linnaeus 1758: 350 (Suriname - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Erichson 1848: 562; Bodkin 1919: 217; Jameson 1998: 92; RMNH. Suriname: De Geer 1774: 320; Uyttenboogaart 1902: 116; Blackwelder 1944: 239; Jameson 1998: 92; Hielkema 2017: 6 (designation LECTOTYPE Scarabaeus lineola); MHCN; NZCS; RMNH. French Guiana: Landin 1956a: 11; Jameson 1998: 92; Soula 2010a: 55; RMNH. “Guianas”: Blackwelder 1944: 239; Machatschke 1972: 50. Brazil (NA): Blackwelder 1944: 239; Jameson 1998: 92 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Jameson 1998: 92 (EO). Other: Linnaeus 1758: 350 (America - as Scarabaeus lineola); Ohaus 1934: 116 (South America except Chile and Patagonia); Blackwelder 1944: 239 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago); Machatschke 1972: 50 (South America except Chile and Patagonia); Jameson 1998: 92 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay).

Note. Rutela lineola is described in 1758 and not in 1767, as often believed. See Hielkema (2017: 6).