§ Ataenius complicatus Harold, 1869
Ataenius complicatus Harold 1869a: 102 (Brazil - LECTOTYPE)
Distribution. Brazil (NA): Harold 1869a: 102; A. Schmidt 1910b: 73, 1922b: 425; Blackwelder 1944: 214; Cartwright 1973: 42 (designation LECTOTYPE Ataenius complicatus); Stebnicka 2006a: 94 (NA), 2007b: 53. Venezuela: Stebnicka 2006a: 94, 2007b: 53. Other: A. Schmidt 1910b: 73 (Guatemala, Mexico), 1922b: 425 (Guatemala, Mexico); Blackwelder 1944: 214 (Guatemala, Mexico); Stebnicka 2006a: 94 (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru), 2007b: 53 (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru).