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.

Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492