§ Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus (Olivier, 1789)

Scarabaeus bellicosus Olivier 1789: 103 (Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Olivier 1789: 103 (as Scarabaeus bellicosus); Olsoufieff 1924: 77 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus) (?) “Guianas”: Gillet 1911b: 81 (as Phanaeus bellicosus); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus bellicosus). Brazil: Gillet 1911b: 81 (as Phanaeus bellicosus); Olsoufieff 1924: 77 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus bellicosus); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192; Arnaud 2002c: 24 (as Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) bellicosus); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 14; Maldaner et al. 2017: 90 (designation LECTOTYPE Scarabaeus bellicosus). Other: Olsoufieff 1924: 77 (Bolivia? - as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus).

Note. The type locality Cayenne [= French Guiana] for Coprophanaeus bellicosus in Olivier (1789: 103) and the subsequent inclusion of the Guianas in the distribution of this species in Gillet (1911b: 81), Olsoufieff (1924: 77) and Blackwelder (1944: 209) is likely the result of a mislabeled specimen. Accord- ing to Edmonds and Zídek (2010: 14), this species is restricted to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and does not occur in the research area.