Onthophagus xanthomerus H. W. Bates, 1887

Onthophagus xanthomerus H. W. Bates 1887a: 69 (Brazil)

Distribution. French Guiana: Feer 2000: 32; Feer and Pincebourde 2005: 29; Brûlé et al. 2014: 183. Brazil: H. W. Bates 1887a: 69; Blackwelder 1944: 212; Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (as O. ( Onthophagus) xanthomerus); Pulido Herrera and Zunino 2007: 119. Venezuela: Boucomont 1932: 322 (as O. clypeatus var. xanthomerus). Other: Gillet and Boucomont 1927: 208 (South America); Boucomont 1932: 322 (Bolivia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago - as O. clypeatus var. xanthomerus); Balthasar 1941c: 352 (Peru - as O. clypeatus forma xanthomerus); Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Pulido Herrera and Zunino 2007: 119 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Note. For information regarding the validity of the name Onthophagus xanthomerus, see the note at O. clypeatus .