Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) lancifer (Linnaeus, 1767)

Scarabaeus lancifer Linnaeus 1767: 544 (Brazil - NEOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Erichson 1848: 563 (as Phanaeus lancifer); Bodkin 1919: 213 (as Phanaeus lancifer); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 16; Bicknell et al. 2014: table S1. Suriname: Gillet 1911b: 84 (as Phanaeus lancifer); Olsoufieff 1924: 76 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) lancifer); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus lancifer); Arnaud 2002c: 23; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 16; Larsen 2011: 98, 2013: 96; MHCN; RMNH. French Guiana: Gillet 1911b: 84 (as Phanaeus lancifer); Olsoufieff 1924: 76 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) lancifer); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus lancifer); Feer 2000: 32; Arnaud 2002c: 23; Feer and Pincebourde 2005: 30; Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 193, 2014: 183; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a annex 4: 18 (as Megaphanaeus lancifer); Boilly et al. 2016: 90. Brazil (NA): Linnaeus 1767: 544 ( Scarabaeus lancifer); Olsoufieff 1924: 76 (as Phanaeus (Megaphanaeus) lancifer); Blackwelder 1944: 209 (as Megaphanaeus lancifer); Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 192; Arnaud 2002c: 23; Quintero and Roslin 2005: appendix A (NA); Gardner et al. 2008: table S1 (NA); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 16 (NA); Ratcliffe 2013b: 494 (NA); Pacheco and Vaz-de-Mello 2015: 2 (NA); Maldaner et al. 2017: 85 (designation NEOTYPE Scarabaeus lancifer). Venezuela (EO): Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59; Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 16 (EO). “Amazon Basin”: Gillet 1911b: 84 (as Phanaeus lancifer). Other: Medina et al. 2001: 140 (Colombia); Hamel-Leigue et al. 2009: 59 (Bolivia, Peru); Edmonds and Zídek 2010: 16 (Bolivia, Peru).