Erioscelis proba (Sharp, 1877)

Moore, Matthew R., Cave, Ronald D. & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini), ZooKeys 745, pp. 101-378 : 240-241

Erioscelis proba (Sharp, 1877)

Cyclocephala proba Sharp, 1877: 135-136 [original combination].

Erioscelis proba (Sharp) [new combination by Endrődi 1966: 410, 412].

syn. Dyscinetus curtus Kirsch, 1873: 345-346 [original combination].

Erioscelis proba (Sharp) [synonymy and nomen oblitum by Endrődi 1966: 412].

syn. Erioscelis obtusa Prell, 1914: 197-198 [original combination].

Erioscelis proba (Sharp) [synonymy by Endrődi 1966: 412].

Types.

Lectotype ♂ E. proba at MNHN ( Endrődi 1966). Type of D. curtus at MTD ( Endrődi 1966). Holotype of E. obtusa at ZMHB ( Endrődi 1966).

Distribution.

ARGENTINA: Salta. BOLIVIA: Cochabamba, La Paz. BRAZIL: Amazonas. COLOMBIA. ECUADOR: Pastaza. FRENCH GUIANA: Kourou, Sinnamary. PERU: Junín, Pasco.

References.

Kirsch 1873, Sharp 1877, Bates 1888, Prell 1914, Höhne 1921, Arrow 1937b, Blackwelder 1944, Saylor 1946, Martínez 1964, Pike et al. 1976, Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Maes 1994, Gibernau et al. 2003, Gasca-Álvarez and Amat-García 2010, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Moore and Jameson 2013, Ponchel 2006, 2011, 2015, Ratcliffe et al. 2015, Gibernau 2015a, b.

Remarks.

Erioscelis proba was reported from Nicaragua ( Bates 1888, Maes 1994), but major faunistic studies did not find further specimens ( Ratcliffe and Cave 2006).