Ataenius scutellaris Harold, 1867

Ataenius scutellaris Harold 1867b: 82 (Venezuela - LECTOTYPE)

= Ataenius frater Arrow 1903: 512 (Grenada, Saint Vincent)

Distribution. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Wanica, Kuwarasan, (5°47′56″N, 55°13′50″W). 18-VIII-2010. A. J. Hielkema. In used dung hill.); NZCS. French Guiana: A. Schmidt 1922b: 425 (as A. frater); Stebnicka 2007a: 48; MHCN. Brazil: A. Schmidt 1910b: 74, 77, 1922b: 425; Balthasar 1941c: 356; Blackwelder 1944: 215; Stebnicka 2007a: 48. Venezuela (EO): Blackwelder 1944: 215; Cartwright 1973: 41 (designation LECTOTYPE Ataenius scutellaris); Bordat 1990: 95; Galante et al. 2003: 291; Stebnicka 2007a: 48 (EO), 2007b: 59. Other: Harold 1867b: 82 (Colombia); Arrow 1903: 512 (Grenada, Saint Vincent - as A. frater); A. Schmidt 1910b: 74, 77 (West Indies - as A. frater; Antilles, Central America, Colombia - as A. scutellaris), 1922b: 425 (West Indies, Seychelles, Southeast Asia - as A. frater; Antilles, Central America - as A. scutellaris); Balthasar 1941c: 356 (Antilles, Central America, Peru); Blackwelder 1944: 215 (West Indies - as A. frater; Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, West Indies - as A. scutellaris); Bordat 1990: 95 (Antilles, Central America, northern South America, India, Malaysia, Mascarene Islands, Seychelles); Galante et al. 2003: 291 (Central and South America, Mexico, West Indies, Vanuatu); Stebnicka 2007a: 48 (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, West Indies, Madagascar, “Malaya,” Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu), 2007b: 59 (Central and South America, West Indies, Madagascar, “Malaya,” Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu).

Note. The “Columbia” which is mentioned as the type locality of Ataenius scutellaris in Harold (1867b: 82) could include Venezuela; Gran Colombia (the former Virreinato de la Nueva Granada) got split into Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in the first half of the 19th century.